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3 Apr 2012, 8:18 am
These clear rules are what led eight Justices on the Supreme Court to decide that the Westboro Baptist Church has the right to spew their simultaneously incoherent and pointedly hateful message, and for the same eight Justices to hold that depictions of animal cruelty are protected speech. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 6:16 am
Established in 1992, C2C is a privately held company with US offices in Springfield and Westboro, Mass; and Reading, Berkshire in the UK. [read post]
17 Nov 2015, 10:17 am
It's as if (somebody said) Westboro Baptist Church caught on, had lots of followers, and decided to put their hateful creed into practice (more than they already have). [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 10:57 am
When the Supreme Court ruled that Westboro Baptist Church had a right to protest the funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, I reluctantly agreed with the ruling (though I found the conduct of the protesters absolutely repulsive). [read post]
15 Jan 2010, 10:48 am
Twitter users supporting the likes of Hitler, NeoNazis, KKK, and The Westboro Baptist Church are regular Twitter fixtures. [read post]
31 May 2009, 3:45 pm
"And, of course, followers of Fred Phelps from the Westboro Baptist Church )the ones who show up at military funerals to explain that god wanted this or that death because the US isn't sufficiently anti-gay) showed up to protest at a vigil for Tiller's memory holding "signs emblazoned with such messages as 'Abortion is bloody murder' and 'Baby killer in hell.'" (Story here.)But for all those who may rejoice at the killing of one they describe as… [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 5:48 am
But when freedom of speech becomes difficult to like is when you get an evil bigot like the Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church (I am sure 99.999999% of all Baptists wish he would not use that moniker) preaching how God hates fags, and doing so at a funeral for an American soldier killed in Iraq. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 6:55 am
"KKK Protests Westboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery" http://j.mp/iAWpiR The Peter Black Daily is out! [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 9:03 pm
This began after the Westboro Baptist Church organized a protest at the funeral of U.S. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 2:57 am
Outside groups with strong, controversial messages such as the Westboro Baptist Church, have appeared on college campuses. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 8:34 pm
Phelps, the Court will decide whether the civil verdict against the Phelps family and the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) violates the First Amendment. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 9:47 am
Westboro Baptist Church - go get 'em fellas... [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 9:55 am
The Fourth Circuit decided that the issues animating the protest of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) were matters of public concern. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 8:25 am
The case arose out of the activities of the Westboro Baptist church headed by Fred Phelps which is well known to picket military funerals and other events while brandishing signs with the words “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers,” among other statements. [read post]
6 Jun 2021, 12:59 pm
Thus, we considered the content of speech in choosing to defend the Nazis in Skokie in the 1979; in representing NAMBLA when it was sued in 2000 for allegedly inciting a murder; in filing a brief in the Supreme Court supporting the Westboro Baptist Church’s anti-gay protests in 2010; and in filing another Supreme Court brief in 2014 supporting the First Amendment rights of a man charged with threatening his ex-wife on the internet. [read post]
30 Apr 2016, 9:27 am
The Westboro Baptist Church doesn’t have anything to offer, but their presence contributed to a conversation by others and didn’t slow the progress towards sexual equality. [read post]
5 Jan 2013, 8:53 am
Westboro Baptist is nasty people, but expressing their views. [read post]
29 Sep 2018, 3:49 pm
Compare that, of course, with Westboro Baptist Church and their unique brand of political speech, which—because it comments on matters of public concern—does receive First Amendment protection from civil liability. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 6:24 am
Phelps for “limiting the scope of its ruling to the funeral picketing” and ignoring the Westboro church’s online account of Snyder’s funeral. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 12:34 am
We have previously discussed this case which began after the Westboro Baptist Church organized a protest at the funeral of U.S. [read post]
