Friday, May 12, 2006
Outlaw Preacher
"If he was having a square dance, nobody would have bothered him." Those are the words of a sympathetic local after Virginia rancher Garland Simmons was served notice that the cowboy church he leads could no longer meet in his barn. Apparently, using the farm in this manner is "contrary to its agricultural zoning," but Simmons has no intention of backing down. Riding to the rescue of this outlaw preacher is the Liberty Counsel, which argues that the zoning code in Bedford County is so broad it could require someone to get a special use permit to host a home Bible study.
