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States Target Church Protests with New Criminal and Civil Penalties

Lawmakers propose making disruption of religious services a misdemeanor or felony and allowing churches to sue for $10,000 in damages without proving harm.

Numerous states have introduced legislation in the last week that would create stiffer penalties for protesting at churches. The proposed bills come after journalist Don Lemon was arrested while covering a protest in Minnesota that disrupted a church service. Kentucky proposal State Rep. Mitch Whitaker in Kentucky has proposed HB 540, which would make interference with a religious service both a criminal and civil offense. Criminally, it would b…

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ussanews.com broke the news in on Friday, February 6, 2026.
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