In Vienna, Virginia, a zoning ordinance is being used to hassle a local church:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/vienna-church-says-fairfax-county-sign-rules-violate-first-amendment/2012/08/29/7e06d5f0-f1ee-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html
Mind you, I think a blaring lighted-up sign advertising a church is so tacky as to border upon blasphemy, myself; I can see the neighborhood busybodies' point. But is demanding control of other people's property the way we improve their taste? Wouldn't a slow steady barrage of quiet words to the minister be, well, more tasteful?
I once heard a four-year-old who had been given title to a new family pet, as a birthday present, whine "He wouldn't let me pet'im, so I hit'im with a rock!"--and that's what this news story brings to my mind.
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