Prohibits protests within twenty-five feet of religious worship sites.
The bill amends the penal law to prohibit people from engaging in protests within twenty-five feet of a place of religious worship. This includes the worship site's parking lot, entrance, driveway, or driveway entrance. The bill also makes it a crime to prevent entrance to or exit from a place of religious worship. Engaging in such activities would constitute criminal interference with religious worship.
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