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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="5" Day="28" Year="2009"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">5/28/2009</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> </SPAN><st1:time Hour="13" Minute="40"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">1:40:00 PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STORYLEAD><FONT size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">San Diego</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> pastor says county officials have told him he needs a permit to host a weekly Bible study in his home.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><STORYBODY><SPAN style="COLOR: #454545; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT size=3>Pastor David Jones and his wife, Mary, were hosting the weekly study near their church, when they say they were visited by a county code enforcement officer. According to Dean Broyles, an attorney for the Joneses, the county official asked the pastor if they hosted a regular weekly meeting in their home, and if they prayed and said "Amen" and "Praise the Lord" at those meetings.<BR> <BR>After replying in the affirmative to those inquiries, a subsequent citation notified the couple they were in violation of county regulations, should stop "religious assembly," and needed to apply for a "major use" permit to continue the gatherings -- a process that could cost several thousands of dollars.<BR> <BR>Jones, his wife, and their attorney, Dean Broyles, were interviewed on the Fox News Channel. Broyles says the couple's rights have been violated.<BR> <BR>"The government
may not prohibit the free exercise of religion," says the attorney. "And I believe that our Founding Fathers would roll over in their graves if they saw that here in the year 2009 that a pastor and his wife are being told that they can't have a simple Bible study in their own home."<BR> <BR>The American Family Association has launched an </FONT><A title="online petition drive" href="https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/signpetition.asp?id=1850" target=_blank><FONT color=#0e4d8b size=3>online petition drive</FONT></A><FONT size=3> related to the incident, asking the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to immediately stop interfering with the rights of individuals to hold Bible studies in their homes.<BR> <BR>Jones and his wife say they will continue to challenge the county's policy. About 15 people attend the weekly meetings. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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