60 Days In Jail For Holding A Bible Study

(GodFatherPolitics.com) Michael Salman, who in 2008 was cited by the City of Phoenix for his backyard Bible studies after some neighbors complained. Hosting up to fifty people in his backyard to study the Word of God turned out to be a violation of Phoenix’s zoning, building, fire and safety codes.

When authorities showed up, they informed Salman that if he was conducting Bible studies with more than twelve people that it constituted being a church and that he had to adhere to all of the zoning, licensing and permitting that accompanies running a church.

Salman said he wasn’t a church but just people getting together to exercise their rights to free speech and freedom of religion. City authorities disagreed and cited Salman. The lower courts found Salman guilty of all of the violations that Phoenix city officials had charged him with. Salman was summarily sentenced to jail for sixty days, three years’ probation and a fine of $12,000. The court additionally told Salman that he was not allowed to have more than twelve people in his home. Read The Rest Of The Story