Further, the restrictions imposed by the city violate the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which grants significant authority for churches to pursue their ministry goals.
Finally, Blomberg said, "the First Amendment's free-speech clause prevents the town from stopping the church from holding its meetings on the public sidewalk outside the pastor's home, yet the town won't allow him to hold the same meetings just a few feet away in the privacy of his own living room."
Not to mention Freedom to Assemble.
Imagine that you are on a zoning board or the city council and are trying to write an ordinance to protects people from inconsiderate neighbors who want to turn their private homes into commercial or industrial businesses...
Where do you draw the line? 10 people in a bible study that meet every once in a while .. maybe ok... what about 50 people once a week? or 100 people every day?
You see the line has to be drawn somewhere, you can rightfully argue about WHERE the line should be, but to just say “freedom to assemble” justifies ANY size group meeting at your next door neighbors house as often or as late as they wish is ludicrous.