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Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill that, if passed, would make disrupting worship services a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The Alabama House of Representatives might soon vote on House Bill 363, which would make disrupting a church service a Class C felony.
According to the bill, a person “commits the crime of disruption of a worship service” if they “knowingly” enter a “church building with the intent to disrupt the worship service” and either “engages in an unlawful protest, riot, or disorderly conduct inside the church building” or “otherwise engages in harassment of any individual participant in the worship service; or obstructs the ingress or egress to the church building or church property.”
If an individual receives “a second or subsequent violation, the individual shall be guilty of a Class C felony and shall serve a mandatory minimum of five years imprisonment.”
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The Alabama House of Representatives might soon vote on House Bill 363, which would make disrupting a church service a Class C felony.
According to the bill, a person “commits the crime of disruption of a worship service” if they “knowingly” enter a “church building with the intent to disrupt the worship service” and either “engages in an unlawful protest, riot, or disorderly conduct inside the church building” or “otherwise engages in harassment of any individual participant in the worship service; or obstructs the ingress or egress to the church building or church property.”
If an individual receives “a second or subsequent violation, the individual shall be guilty of a Class C felony and shall serve a mandatory minimum of five years imprisonment.”
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Alabama mulls bill to make disrupting church services a felony
Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill that, if passed, would make disrupting worship services a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison
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