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Proposals criminalizing church protests advance in Louisiana

— Two bills seeking to impose criminal penalties for disrupting a church service advanced in the Louisiana Legislature on Tuesday.

The bills, filed in response to a high-profile protest that interrupted services at a Minnesota church in January, cleared a Senate committee without objection from lawmakers. The measures were opposed by the Americans for Civil Liberties Union and the Louisiana Associa…

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