Just for giggles, let's take a look at the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
That is fairly broad and well stated.
Turns out, a bunch of Somali backers invaded a white church in Minnesota on Sunday, protesting and raising hell. Nobody got hurt, but it disrupted the service. Don Lemon, the disgraced CNN guy was there with a camera crew, supporting the disrupters. So, what we have is a collision of free speech and free exercise of religion. It's a good question where the boundaries lie.
You can see Don interviewing the pastor here.
Interestingly though, there is this thing called the FACE Act, a Clinton-era law that makes it illegal to
"intentionally injuring, intimidating, or interfering with, or attempting to injure, intimidate, or interfere, any person by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship."
Oops. Don and all those protesters may be in violation of federal law. We note that journalism is also protected under the First Amendment, and this should further complicate an already complicated legal exercise.
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