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First Amendment doesn’t protect protests that disrupt church services, civil liberties org. says

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In the aftermath of last Sunday's storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, a nonpartisan civil liberties group says that the First Amendment does not protect protesters who interrupt church services, refuting claims made by political commentator Don Lemon.

In a post written by one of its board members, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which specializes in First Amendment cases and represents clients from a wide range of backgrounds and political beliefs, stressed that houses of worship are not public forums and that entering a church to disrupt a service is not a protected form of protest.

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Hey Michie.. how you doing.
Yeah playing around with GOD like they did.. very very unwise. Father forgive them.. I pray they didn't know what they were doing but..
Doing fine. I hope all is well with you. Yeah I see it as a terroristic act. I see a lot of these crazed things as things people are just wanting to add to their content online. Unfortunately, a lot of people get hurt when people to these things trying to create a brand.
 
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In the aftermath of last Sunday's storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, a nonpartisan civil liberties group says that the First Amendment does not protect protesters who interrupt church services, refuting claims made by political commentator Don Lemon.

In a post written by one of its board members, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which specializes in First Amendment cases and represents clients from a wide range of backgrounds and political beliefs, stressed that houses of worship are not public forums and that entering a church to disrupt a service is not a protected form of protest.

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Protesters can protest church services but not on private property, owned by the church. Other restrictions may also apply, depending on local ordinances.
 
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