Law and Order Returns When Churches Are No Longer Targets

My friends, what happened in St. Paul, Minnesota this weekend should never be dismissed as “activism.” A church was stormed during worship. Families were startled. Children were frightened. A private religious service was deliberately disrupted to intimidate and silence. That is not protest — it is lawlessness.

This is why the federal response matters. The arrests that followed were not political retaliation. They were enforcement of the law. The FACE Act exists to protect people exercising their First Amendment rights (this is actually a little complicated because of the abortion side of the law, but it does protect churches from this kind of interruption). The right to worship freely does not disappear because activists decide their cause is more important.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: protest does not mean you can trespass. It does not mean you can interrupt worship on private property. And it certainly does not mean you get to override someone else’s constitutional rights. Free speech does not cancel religious liberty.

What makes this story even more revealing is the media response. We watched one radical trespasser openly admit she intended to “disrupt business as usual,” only to later gaslight us and claim she didn’t storm the church. We saw video evidence contradict the talking points. And we saw a journalist come dangerously close to confusing reporting with participation — arguably crossing the line into lawlessness himself. (Here’s looking at you, Don Lemon.)

This is why consistency matters. Law and order only survives when violations are met with the same response every time — not selectively, not politically, not based on who is shouting the loudest. When churches are no longer safe from intimidation, society is already sliding in the wrong direction.

The encouraging part? The line was finally drawn — and enforced by the Trump administration. Good.

Conservative, not bitter.
Todd

⛪ Churches are not protest zones
⚖️ Law enforcement vs. selective outrage
📜 The FACE Act and religious liberty
🎥 Media gaslighting vs. video evidence
🚫 Trespass is not free speech
🇺🇸 Why consistent enforcement preserves freedom

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One of the most troubling aspects of the Minnesota church invasion wasn’t just what happened inside the sanctuary — as unacceptable as that was — it was how quickly reality was distorted afterward.

We watched activists openly admit their goal was to “disrupt business as usual.” We saw video of a worship service being interrupted. And then, almost immediately, we were told we didn’t see what we clearly saw.

That’s gaslighting.

And then there was the media presence.

Standing in the middle of it all was Don Lemon — not observing from across the street, not documenting events after the fact, but embedded. Interviewing organizers before the disruption. Following them inside. Broadcasting the narrative as it unfolded, more like a PR agent than an unbiased journalist.

Call me crazy, but that sure looks a lot more like active participation than neutral reporting. Am I wrong?

A judge declined to issue an arrest warrant for Lemon, citing First Amendment protections for the press. And to be clear, those protections matter. A free press is absolutely essential to a free society.

But the First Amendment is not a shield for lawlessness.

You don’t get to help facilitate a disruptive act, walk alongside activists as they trespass, and then claim immunity because you’re “media.” Journalism is not a costume you put on when consequences arrive.

I wanted to explore this more on today’s Toddcast, but radio time is a ruthless thing. Some conversations deserve more than a soundbite.

This is one of them.