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Skriven 2009-05-29 10:13:46 av Dan Ceppa (1:138/666.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ross Cassell
Ärende: Unfathomable
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-> On 28 May 09  11:00:50, Ross Cassell got back to All 
-> Re: Unfathomable

 RC> What the story elaborates on below is very scary if it can be upheld..

Why?  

 RC> Just think, on major holidays, one couldnt say grace over a meal with
 RC> family and friends without a permit! 

The story does not say that at all.  

 RC> If this Pastors get togethers in his home disrupted neighbors, caused
 RC> traffic and parking problems, I could see the city getting him on some
 RC> ordinance violation. 

Could it be that that is exactly what the situation is?  

 RC> If the Pastor and his friends were getting in the faces of the
 RC> neighbors or otherwise disturbing the peace, I could see the city
 RC> getting him. 

There's not enough information on the "dastardly case" to make a 
judgement as to what is really going on.  I can think of many scenarios 
where such gatherings of any nature, secular or sectarian, would be 
intrusive on the neighbors.  

 RC> But if all they were doing were getting together behind closed doors
 RC> to share a meal and Bible Studies and Prayers, who is getting harmed,
 RC> providing such gatherings arent disturbing or inconveniencing the
 RC> neighbors? 

You answered your own question with those last 5 words in the question.  

 RC> I have seen people throw pool parties that caused more disruption.

And, they are asked to either hold it down or break up the party.  

What you have is a minister basically holding church services.  There's 
no reason to not use the regular church for those gatherings.  After all, 
the church would have plenty of parking available so as not to inconvenience 
the neighbors.  And, from what I was able to find that had anything 
concrete to say about the matter, it was a fender bender that brought 
the police into the situation.  My guess is hat thew complaint is about 
excessive traffic in a residential area as well as using too much 
parking.  

All of the articles, the bulk of which are blogs, state "what if's".  
One is the "10's of thousands of dollars [that] would be needed for 
a permit".  There are virtually no "whys" for the town's action against 
the gathering.  Nor have there been any "hows" as to the how situation 
developed.  

BTW, the number one hit on my search:  FOX News[sic].  I didn't notice 
any other network or newpaper picking up the story.  


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