Bible Study-Got a Permit?

I just heard about this, but it happened in April. A pastor and his wife were visited by San Diego "officials", called "county code enforcement" on April 10 and were asked if they had a permit to have meetings in their home; and did they pray, use religious language and read the Bible, to which they said yes. They were then told they had to get a permit. The history of these meetings is that it averages about 15 people and has been going on for about five years. Wow! I'd love to have Bible study with that many people showing up on a regular basis! Apparently this was initiated by a neighbor complaining. I wonder if it were gang banging crack heads having dealer meetings they would have said anything. That idea by the way came from a question from Dennis Prager a few years back. He asked if you were walking down a poorly lit street alone, no one around, and five big laughing guys were coming up behind you, and getting closer, would you start getting nervous? When you got to lamplight, and saw they were all carrying Bibles, would you be relived or more terrified?

If you're having any kind of meeting in your home, will you be needing a permit? Families gathering on Saturday night for games, or book clubs, or...you get the picture. That government officials are so disconnected from the Constitution and not believers in Liberty no longer surprises me, especially in the age of Obama where the rule of law has been tossed out altogether.

It seems to me, not a Constitutional scholar by any stretch, that somewhere in the document it says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." One of the officials said that this was somewhat of a "gray area". Say What???