1. The couple is filling the street with cars once a week and creating a nuisance. The person from the enforcement office stupidly asked about the religious nature of the meetings rather than just tell them that they can't tie up the street every Tuesday night.
2. The couple isn't causing a nuisance but some very intolerant neighbor is upset that they are exercising religious freedom. The intolerant neighbor complained. Instead of taking a look at the situation on a Tuesday night, realizing that there wasn't a problem, and telling the intolerant neighbor to quit complaining or be cited for wasting the county's time, some brain-dead bureaucrat decided to harass this couple.
3. The couple is creating a mild nuisance but the problem is still an intolerant neighbor. This neighbor is probably the one who has 20 people to his house every Friday night but still hates the thought of these Tuesday night Bible studies.
It lasts 2 hours max.
Our church calls them 'small groups' and there are at least 6 throughout the community during the week.....it's an extension of bringing our members together & knowing them better---but it is not exclusive and our neighbors know they would be welcome to attend.
No one can hear us from the street --we are quiet & show respect to our neighbors.
We own our home, we have lived here 8 years and our neighbors like us and know about the Bible study.
But I can see someone moving into the neighborhood who is anti-Bible study and doing something exactly like this.
I will take this story seriously because we are in a new era of fear & retaliation, it seems.
But we will hold our Bible study (Lord willing) as long as we can.