My Christian spammers started sending this story to me this morning. A San Diego pastor and his wife have been told to stop holding a weekly bible study in their home by the county government. On the surface, it seems wrong. But I do not agree with the religious zealot who feel their constitution rights were trampled upon. No, to me it’s a classic land rights issue. The local government would need a strong case to convince me their actions are legitimate.
I read the comment thread. It was hard to wade through for obvious reasons (like this).
California needs the cash because of their greedy habits, material obsessions and uncontrolled spending, etc. Why should the rest of us sacrifice our ways (bible studies) to bail you out. Learn to control your lavish lifestyles... maybe you need to join a Bible Study group to humble yourself.
- Spoken by the Christian in the split level 4,000 square foot home with a BMD in the drive way.
Digging through the comments I found the real story. Neighbors complained about the weekly prayer meetings with 15 or more people parking on a cul-de-sac. They’ve been holding the meeting for five years. As a cul-de-sac dweller myself, I can testify that the local house church packs them in on a regular basis and parking is a problem. But he minds his business and I mind mine, so no worries. All I can conclude from my reading is that the title of my post should be changed to Inconsiderate and Unconstitutional.
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Baconsbud 96p · 828 weeks ago
I would bet most of the people sending you this story even read the contents of it. They just saw that some bible group was told to stop in their own home. Those that did read about the parking probably said something like it is only for one hour so why should that be a problem. Of course if you were to block them in or make it hard on them by even a few minutes they would be all up in arms.
Buffy 83p · 828 weeks ago
From what I've read not only was there a persistent problem with cars all over the place, but one neighbor possibly called in a complaint after his car was sideswiped by one of the Bible bangers (who apparently didn't have the decency to speak up about what s/he'd done). Furthermore as at least one of the stories indicates the Bible study often "spilled into the cul-de-sac" which means the neighbors would routinely be treated to at least 15 people making a ruckus in front of their homes. Who wants that every week?
These people obviously have a church. That building is being subsidized by our tax dollars and it's sitting empty during the week. Why can't they go there instead of being a bother to the neighborhood?
john_poson26 93p · 828 weeks ago
I wouldn’t want something like that going on next door to me!
Jack 119p · 828 weeks ago
Mojoey 107p · 828 weeks ago