Alabama soon could allow a Birmingham church to establish its own police force, a move with little precedent in American history that would empower a religious group to do a job usually performed by the government. The Alabama Senate last week approved a bill that would authorize Briarwood Presbyterian Church to create a police department for its campus. The state house is considering its own version of the bill. The bill...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 16, 2017 19:41 UTC