Fines For Bible Study In Home

In San Juan Capistrano, California, city officials say city code section 9-3.301 prohibits religious organizations in residential neighborhoods without a conditional-use permit.  Chuck and Stephanie Fromm already have been fined $300 for holding Bible studies for their friends at their home.

The code cites "churches, temples, synagogues, monasteries, religious retreats, and other places of religious worship and other fraternal and community service organizations."  Does San Juan Capistrano consider a person's home a church or monastery?

"Imposing a heavy-handed permit requirement on a home Bible study is outrageous," said Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, which is working on the case on behalf of the Fromms.

"In a city so rich with religious history and tradition, this is particularly egregious. An informal gathering in a home cannot be treated with suspicion by the government, or worse than any other gathering of friends, just because it is religious. We cannot allow this to happen in America, and we will fight as long and as hard as it takes to restore this group's religious freedom."

The organization points out that the city was founded as a Christian mission in the 1700s and is home to California's oldest building still in use, a chapel where Father Junipero Serra celebrated mass.

"We don't like lawsuits, but we have to stand up for what's right. It's not just a personal issue," Stephanie Fromm said. "Can you imagine anybody in any neighborhood, that one person can call and make it a living hell for someone else? That's wrong … and it's just sad."

What has happened to our freedoms?  It is now illegal for a group of friends to read the Bible together in their home.  Our Founding fathers would never believe the left and their politically correct idiocy.

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