Carol Platt Liebau: Church Protesters Cross a Bright Line

Thursday, January 22, 2026

There’s very little left that’s sacred in American political life. Until recently, houses of worship were one of the few exceptions.

No longer. In Minnesota, far-left agitators stormed a church service. Their stated goal was to find the pastor, whom they claimed worked for ICE.

The First Amendment protects free speech, as it should. Americans have the right to petition their government for redress of grievances. That includes the right to protest government actions that offend their conscience.

But protest must be peaceful. Once it turns violent, it becomes criminal conduct.

And when a mob breaks into a church during services to pursue a pastor, threatening peaceful worshippers, it’s something even uglier. It’s domestic terror.

What happened at the Minnesota church crossed a bright line in American life. The mob should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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