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On Sunday, a group of anti-ICE agitators rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul and turned a worship service into a political circus, chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good” while families and children tried to pray. The disturbing footage is unmistakable: this was not a peaceful vigil or a lawful protest outside — it was a coordinated disruption inside a house of worship that violated the sacred boundary between politics and worship.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon, has made clear it is investigating the matter and is weighing federal charges under laws typically used to protect clinic patients and worshippers, including the FACE Act. Conservatives should applaud the DOJ for recognizing that the law protects churches from intimidation and physical obstruction just as it protects clinics, and for moving quickly to identify participants and any potential conspirators.
Mainstream media figures who embedded themselves with the mob are facing scrutiny too, and rightly so; footage shows former CNN host Don Lemon filming and referencing reconnaissance before the disruption, then claiming he was merely “covering” the event. Journalism isn’t a get-out-of-jail-free card when you cross the line from reporting into active participation in a planned invasion of worship. The DOJ is explicitly looking at whether media personalities were participants rather than impartial observers.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and other federal officials have vowed to use “the full force of federal law,” and one of the named agitators has even taunted authorities on social media — a brazen challenge to law and order that should not be tolerated. These aren’t harmless disruptors waving signs; some have openly encouraged confrontation and then dared prosecutors to act, making swift accountability necessary to stop copycat mobs.
Conservatives remember how the FACE Act was used in past years to prosecute protesters who blocked abortion clinics, including guilty verdicts that carried prison terms, and it would be a grave double standard for the Justice Department to look the other way when the target is Christians in their pews. If the federal government prosecuted to the fullest extent for one kind of religious or medical facility, it must do the same here or surrender any claim to impartial enforcement of civil rights.
Let this be a warning to the professional left-wing agitators and their media enablers: churches are not platforms for political theater and Americans will not stand by while sanctuaries are desecrated. The rule of law and the right to worship without intimidation are not negotiable, and a strong, transparent prosecution will deter future attacks on the religious liberty of everyday Americans.
Patriotic Americans who cherish faith, family, and liberty should demand that prosecutors do their duty, that local leaders stop coddling mobs, and that our legal system restore order quickly. This is about preserving the peace in our communities and defending the basic freedoms that make this country great — and those who broke the law inside a house of worship must learn that there are real consequences for lawlessness.
