{"id":83023,"date":"2026-05-26T07:53:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83023"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:53:28","slug":"states-passing-laws-against-disruption-of-church-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/states-passing-laws-against-disruption-of-church-services\/","title":{"rendered":"States Passing Laws Against Disruption Of Church Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a reaction to a<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-ice-doj-church-protest-st-paul-46dac5c5595ec78e3360ec927eef92d2\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">high-profile protest inside a Minnesota church<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that prompted\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-protest-church-minneapolis-fcc97a29b9c4434c665d76d4811c5a3e\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">outrage<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from faith leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Republican lawmakers sponsoring most of the legislation say those gathering at sacred sanctuaries deserve protection beyond what existing trespassing laws provide. They also say these new laws will prevent escalating clashes between congregants and protestors as many\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mormon-church-shooting-michigan-dcb79ee701b0b8076bf73e30e10ba2b7\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">churches<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting-7f74a37a58116f40e852a303ea23230d\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">mosques<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/temple-israel-west-bloomfield-synagogue-updates\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">synagogues<\/a><\/span>\u00a0remain on edge over recent mass shootings and acts of violence\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-houses-of-worship-mass-shootings-attacks-a6fc3bb0669a5e021fb5298eae721492\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">targeting religious groups<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1779782008\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"States Passing Laws Against Disruption Of Church Services\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83024,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83023\/revisions\/83024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}