Religious persecution, or overbearing regulations?

Shawn said

There's more to this story, I assure you.

I'd bet anything there were more than 15 people attending on average, and that this was prompted by complaints from the neighbors.

The righteous outrage should tell you the story isn't complete. Whenever you hear stories about kittens and orphans being tortured, you know the story isn't accurate.

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I'm sure there is more to the story and I'm sure this is more about neighbors complaining about people parking on their lawns or in front of their houses than anything else. It's clearly not some religious persecution or an attempt by the atheist cabal to destroy all religion. Still, it is disturbing that what appears to be a mere inconvenience to the neighbors is being used to deny First Amendment Rights.

I'm sure there is a law that has a requirement for some kind of permit to be obtained if you have a regular meeting with 15 or more people and that it theoretically applies here since people park on the public streets. But, my first inclination, without being able to actually read the ordinance, is that at least in this application, it's an unreasonable restriction of the right to free speech and freedom of religion in the Fist Amendment. Of course, my mind could change if I ever get the chance to read the actual ordinance.