Florissant City Council Declares Funeral Protesting Illegal

The council unanimously passed the bill which prohibits funeral protest activities within 300 feet of any location holding a funeral, and for one hour before and after the services.

While protesting at funerals is generally considered offensive and unacceptable, it wasn’t illegal in the City of Florissant until this week, when Mayor Tom Schneider signed ordinance 7944 into law. “City Council unanimously passed bill 9983 to prohibit funeral protest activities within 300 feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, or any other establishment during or within one hour before of one hour after the conducting of any actual funeral or burial service at that place,” the Mayor’s office said in a press release. “The Mayor had asked City Attorney John Hessel to monitor similar legislation in another community that was under challenge and he recently reported that an appellate court upheld the legality of banning …

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