US Lawmakers Seek 100-Foot Buffer Zone Around Houses of Worship to Protect Against Protests

US lawmakers seek 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship to protect against protests

Those efforts have now been joined by Slotkin, who is Jewish, and Cruz, who has often taken aim at antisemitism within the Republican coalition over the past year.

Lawmakers seek 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship to protect prayer goers from protests

“The First Amendment guarantees every American the right to freely exercise their faith,” Sen. Ted Cruz said. The post Lawmakers seek 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship to protect prayer goers from protests appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Slotkin joins Cruz, Knott, Suozzi in leading federal buffer zone bill

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Reps. Brad Knott (R-NC) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) on Thursday in introducing the Right to Worship Act, a federal bill that would ban activity that knowingly disrupts or impedes access to scheduled religious services within 100 feet of the entrance to a house of worship during that time. The bill is the product of months of negotiations among lawmakers and outside supporters. Cruz, Knott and …