ANN ARBOR, MI — A new law in Ann Arbor explicitly prohibits disturbing the peace at places of worship or criminally interfering with access to them.
City Council voted 9-0 Thursday, Nov. 5, to give final approval to the ordinance after 23 years of weekly Saturday protests outside the Beth Israel synagogue on Washtenaw Avenue.
It’s intended to replicate a New York law that prohibits engaging in conduct within 50 feet of a place of worship that causes anyone seeking to enter or exit to reasonably fear for their safety. That includes threatening, harassing or intimidating behavior…