Barred from entering kh

poopie

A friend of mine called last night we will call him tom. HE is Df now for 2 yrs for associating with a a Df person non relative. Anyway he arrived at the meeting this week and was informed by 3 elders that he was no longer welcomed at the hall.apparently he was caught greeting someone in the parking lot after meeting. So they said if he shows up again they will put restraining order on him can they legally do that?

John Davis

Yes, they legally can do that. They will just have to revoke the implied invitation then the person would be trespassing on private property.

eyeuse2badub

Come to the "house of jehober" ----unless you are a sinner!

However it sound like you didn't get the whole story!

just saying!

stan livedeath

HE is Df now for 2 yrs for associating with a a Df person non relative.

do you mean "associating " in the horizontal sense ?

joe134cd

There must be more to this in order to threaten him with a trespass.

cofty

Anyway he arrived at the meeting this week ..

Why?

Very unusual move by the elders. I suspect there is a bit more to it.

darkspilver

poopie - different countries have different laws, but as I understand it the underlying principle is:

Although open to the public, a church is private property.
If a person causes a disturbance then the person's 'implied invitation' to attend the church service can be revoked.
You could also be asked to leave / removed if you simply looked a bit scuffy - even shops have dress-codes, and they will ask you to leave if you do not abide by them.
Additionally as an interesting side issue - in the UK there is currently some debate going on about POPS - that's Privately Owned Public Spaces:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5696291591946240/_post/4760863821004800