Well, yes, because in my mind they are two totally different things. A birthday party is not a 501(c)(3).  From what I've read, it's like a business operating without a license. I am not against home bible study, I encourage it. But when a person builds a church on their property and ignores safety issues with having 200+ people flood onto his property on a weekly basis, it can be dangerous. That's all I'm saying. Some regulations are actually in place to help, whether the business is a religious establishment or not. Thanks, Mike.

I suppose my reaction has to do with the fact that I work in the legal field and tend to have a suspicious (paranoid? ha) mind, always seeking truth or motive. If it were a koran study, I would've thought to myself, "Now why didn't they establish their organization the way other houses of worship do? What are they hiding?"... and I was simply applying that thought to this situation as well. It's true, people should be able to worship how and where they want, but, unfortunately, it's not so anymore. Limits have been placed on frequency, size, and location so that big brother can keep a hand in it. So I just wanted to clarify that. I am wholly against the NWO's reach as well.