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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Westboro Protest at Marine's Funeral
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over a classic First Amendment case: At what point does free speech become so offensive that is loses its protection under the Constitution? At issue are the crude anti-gay protests staged by members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals. The father of a Marine killed in Iraq has asked the court to reinstate a $5 million judgment against the Rev. Fred Phelps and other church members who picketed his son's funeral, carrying signs saying "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates Fags." Phelps and his followers were ...
Judge Strikes Down Missouri Ban on Protests at Military Funerals
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyCiting free speech concerns, a federal judge on Monday struck down Missouri's restrictions on protests outside military funerals, CNN reports. Westboro Baptist Church had brought suit over its claimed right to march outside the burials and memorial services of those killed in overseas conflicts after the Missouri legislature passed a law to keep protesters from demonstrating within 300 feet of private services. Judge Fernando Gaitan tossed the legislation Monday, saying the law "could have the effect of criminalizing speech the mourners want to hear, including speech from ...
West Va. Capital Counterpunches Anti-Gay Church
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 7) -- Turnabout is fair play. Shaken by this week's tragedy in Montcoal, W.Va., residents of nearby Charleston are bracing for the arrival of picketers affiliated with the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. Over the years, the Topeka, Kan., church has followed news cameras around the world, capitalizing on events like this week's coal mine disaster to espouse their hatred of homosexuals, Jews and other groups. Courtesy West Virginia Chamber of Commerce The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce designed and printed hundreds of copies of this sign in expectation of the arrival of ...
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge of Anti-Gay Protest at Marine's Funeral
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court has decided to consider whether the First Amendment gives anti-gay protesters the unrestricted right to picket funerals for fallen servicemen and women with signs saying "God Hates You," among other harsh statements. The court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that threw out a $5 million judgment against such demonstrators. The money had been awarded to Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, whose 2006 funeral in Westminster, Md., was picketed by a handful of placard-carrying members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, ...
Kansas to Fred Phelps: Hate? Same Back Atcha, Buddy
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyBut with a small dose of gratitude from my corner. Let me explain. ...
Ha! Gay Theater Pimps Westboro Baptist Hate Group!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe hateful little Westboro Baptist Church, who get their jollies by protesting the funerals of US soldiers and public figures like Coretta Scott King, and who have a particular fascination with their favorite targets, gay people, have had the tables turned on them:Passions were inflamed and members of Broward's gay community braced themselves when word spread that Rev. Fred Phelps, head of the infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, was planning a protest at Rising Action Theatre's gay-themed production of "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told," on Jan. 16. Individuals, church groups and GLBT ...
Learning to Love Tammy Faye
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMy brother, Sir Jesse of Decatur, sent me this article over the weekend, and, dash it all if I didn't learn something new when I dug a little deeper. The article is about Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kansas, founder of the website www.godhatesf**gs.com, and his followers' plan to protest a memorial service for the late Tammy Faye Messner. Phelps' clan is also noted for picketing soldiers' funerals and the funeral of Corretta Scott King. I had already heard of Phelps and his crew, so the article didn't really stand out to me very much at first glance. My brother, who is a teacher and well-known ...
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