ST. LOUIS — A federal appeals court has ruled that a St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday reverses a ...

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Whatever your thoughts about the controversial Fred Phelps family and their Westboro Baptist Church — and for most Americans, those thoughts are negative — the group continues to find ways to grab headlines and public attention. In the wake of ...

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The General Assembly ended its 2011 session last week having passed legislation pertaining to parting, punishment and protest. One new measure will require a spouse who seeks a divorce over the other’s objection to live separate and apart from that ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State Sen. Roy P. Dyson made no effort Wednesday to conceal his anger at a protester or disappointment in the Supreme Court as he urged colleagues to approve legislation to require picketers at funerals to stand at least ...

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After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Westboro Baptist Church free-speech decision, many online comments critical of the 8-1 ruling did so in speech that also relied on First Amendment protection. The situation was one more ironic twist in a case that ...

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A day before the fifth anniversary of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s death in Iraq, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Kansas congregation had the right to picket his Westminster funeral. The court, in an 8-1 vote on Wednesday, ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families. The court voted 8-1 in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church of ...

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The father of a Marine killed in Iraq says anti-gay protesters who showed up with inflammatory signs at his son’s funeral in Maryland should not have their actions protected by the Constitution’s freedom of speech guarantee. Attorneys for Pennsylvania resident ...

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