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AJ: If someone would invite 9 friends over every Sunday to play Bingo on his dining room table and it is against no regulation, bylaw or law then there can be no regulation, bylaw or law prohibiting that same person from inviting those same 9 people over every Sunday to engage in Chriistian prayer in his living room.
If someone would invite 9 friends over three times a day to play Bingo, Solitare and the final daily visit eat a friendly dinner on his dining room table and it is against no regulation, bylaw or law then there can be no regulation, bylaw or law prohibiting that same person from inviting those same 9 people over three times a day to engage in Jewish prayer in his living room.
No regulation, law or private bylaw can treat a religious prayer in ones home worse than those same regulations, laws and/or bylaws would permit a social gathering, gathering of friends to eat, shmooze or play board games in the home. If one is the latter is permitted on a regularly recurring basis (or without any enforcement against such social activities), then so must the former be permitted.