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Military Funeral Protests: A Wartime Supreme Court Searches For Answers
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe old pornographer Larry Flynt, whose nasty taunting of the Moral Majority's Jerry Falwell a generation ago helped create broad free speech protections for defendants in tort cases, may have offered the most useful perspective of all this week when asked to discuss the legal and moral implications of Snyder v. Phelps, the gut-wrenching military funeral protest case which came barreling before a wartime Supreme Court for oral argument Wednesday morning. What Fred Phelps and his anti-gay followers of the Westboro (Kansas) Baptist Church do at military funerals is "despicable, distasteful... ...
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 ...
Lady Gaga: The Left's Answer to Sarah Palin?
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyHey, Lady Gaga, are you considering a run for office? As Jakob Hooks, a 15-year-old in Little Rock recently told me, "Lady Gaga should be president." There is that pesky age problem. She's 24. The Constitution states someone must be 35 to run for president. But the influence of Lady Gaga on pop culture, and now, the political landscape cannot be underestimated. Lady Gaga, with her ingenious costumes, surreal videos, and burning pianos, is among the world's biggest celebrities. She has 14 million Facebook followers to Sarah Palin's 2 million and President Barack Obama's 10 million. On ...
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 ...
Don Draper's Dapper -- You're Just Pathetic
By Joe Peacock - AOL News(March 31) -- You guys know how I love made-up words that would accurately describe a niche culture based on two other niche cultures (like "hegans")? Well get ready for a great article, because a few more cropped up this week. Apparently, there are now "retrosexuals" who are returning to the styles and looks of the '50s and '60s. Basically, these are pathetic men who feel empowered by the woman-chasing, smoking-in-offices escapades of Don Draper on "Mad Men." And the recent resurgence of this type of man is being called the "Menaissance." Guys, are you aware that there is stuff happening ...
Marine Dad Ordered to Pay Legal Fees of Those Disrupting Son's Funeral
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe father of a Marine killed in action in Iraq has been ordered to pay the legal costs of members of an anti-gay church whom he sued after they picketed his son's funeral, carrying placards bearing anti-homosexual epithets. The dad, Albert Snyder of Westminster, Md., called the ruling a "slap in the face." "By the court making this decision, they're not only telling me that they're taking their side, but I have to pay them money to do this to more soldiers and their families," Snyder said, according to CNN. It all stems from a legal battle that started after a handful of demonstrators from ...
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 ...
Protesters Face Down Anti-Gay Hate Group
By Tommy Christopher and Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDenver, CO - Caleb Howe and I were headed to PUMAPAC headquarters earlier today, when we spotted several members of Westboro Baptist Church, otherwise known as the Phelps Clan. The group's motto is "God Hates Fags," and they are infamous for demonstrating at the funerals of fallen soldiers.The group has gotten a lot of attention from the funerals. They demonstrated at Corretta Scott King's funeral, as well, and my brother, Jesse, was a counter-protester there. A key feature of their demonstrations is to assure the aggreived that the deceased have gone to hell.Caleb and I interviewed several of ...
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