HB363

‘Protects all religions’: Alabama House passes bill criminalizing worship disruptions

The Alabama House of Representatives passed HB363 Tuesday 75-27, creating a new criminal offense for disrupting church services and imposing felony penalties on violators. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Greg Barnes (R-Jasper), was filed in response to a protest at a Minneapolis church last month in which demonstrators disrupted a worship service to protest […] The post ‘Protects all religions’: Alabama House passes bill criminalizing worship disruptions appeared first on Yellowhammer News .

Elliott to carry Barnes’ bill making disrupting church a felony: ‘We don’t need Minnesota’s mess’

Last week, State Rep. Greg Barnes (R-Jasper) introduced HB363 to make disrupting a worship service a felony under Alabama law, on the heels of the recent disruption of a worship service by anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota, where they targeted the pastor for his service as a local ICE field office director. And now, he has […] The post Elliott to carry Barnes’ bill making disrupting church a felony: ‘We don’t need Minnesota’s mess’ appeared first on Yellowhammer News .

State Rep. Barnes introduces bill making disrupting church services a felony: ‘We are not going to tolerate it in Alabama’

State Rep. Greg Barnes (R-Jasper) wants to create a powerful deterrent in Alabama against activists who might think it’s a good idea to disrupt worship services as a protest. The state lawmaker has introduced HB363 to make disrupting a worship service a crime under Alabama law. A first offense is classified as a Class C […] The post State Rep. Barnes introduces bill making disrupting church services a felony: ‘We are not going to tolerate it in Alabama’ appeared first on Yellowhammer News .