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13 Jan 2011, 4:05 am
The Topeka (KA) Capital-Journal reports that the Westboro Baptist Church has agreed to call off its planned picketing of the funerals of victims of the Tucson shooting massacre (see prior posting) in exchange for appearances by church spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper on several radio talk shows.The protest at the funeral of 9-year old Christina Green was bartered for appearances on talk shows on a suburban Phoenix station and a Canadian station. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 11:30 pm
Baltimore, Maryland federal district judge Richard Bennett yesterday dismissed defamation and invasion of privacy claims brought against the Westboro Baptist Church by the father of a Marine Lance Cpl. [read post]
7 May 2008, 7:12 am
"Westboro members miss bond deadline; Still, Westboro Baptist's property may not be confiscated right away": The Topeka Capital-Journal today contains an article that begins, "A missed deadline for two members of Westboro Baptist Church to post bond with a federal court in Maryland doesn't mean their property and the church property will be confiscated immediately. [read post]
14 Nov 2009, 1:00 pm
Friday's USA Today reports on the shift in recent months by members of the Westboro Baptist Church from picketing funerals and government buildings with anti-gay signs, to picketing of Jewish events and institutions carrying anti-Semitic signs. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 5:54 am
Phelps later this morning, the AP (via the NY Times) reports that members of the respondent Westboro Baptist Church have gathered outside the Court. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 4:15 am
Megan Phelps-Roper and her sister Grace-- daughters of Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper, and granddaughters of Westboro's founder Fred Phelps-- have left the church, according to a report yesterday by Jeff Chu at Medium. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 11:19 am
The fact is, nobody likes the Westboro Baptist Church. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 6:47 am
In Topeka, Kansas yesterday. a municipal court judge imposed a $10 fine and $150 in court costs on each of four members of the Journey 4 Justice motorcycle counter-protest group for their Sept. 12 protest outside the Westboro Baptist Church. [read post]
5 Mar 2016, 4:44 pm
In 2014, a Missouri federal district court rejected a vagueness challenge mounted by the Westboro Baptist Church to Missouri statutes that banned protest activities within three hundred feet of a funeral. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 5:00 pm
" Today's appellate victory for the Westboro Baptist Church is a huge victory for the First Amendment and Constitution, and, thus, for all of us. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 9:12 am
Westboro members claim troops’ deaths are divine retribution for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality. [read post]
12 Mar 2011, 3:36 pm
DeVoy Mark Kernes has an insightful piece at AVN about what the Westboro case (Snyder v. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 5:12 pm
As for the Westboro Baptist Church and its merry band of Picketeers: [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 6:04 pm
"Fringe Westboro church to resume anti-gay protests": Reuters has a report that begins, "The fringe Westboro Baptist Church, which has infuriated many with anti-gay protests at funerals of U.S. soldiers, said on Wednesday it plans to continue demonstrating after winning a Supreme Court ruling. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 6:00 am
From NBC News: Westboro Baptist — the Kansas church known for its virulently anti-gay agenda — has waded into the controversy over the Kentucky court clerk who refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses in defiance of court orders. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 12:19 pm
Phelps, the Supreme Court affirmed that the First Amendment precluded the imposition of tort liability on the Westboro Baptist Church for their protest at the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 1:30 pm
National Public Radio reported Wednesday on a truly bizarre partnership of sorts between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. [read post]
22 Aug 2010, 7:45 am
The Huffington Post on Friday carried an interview by investigative reporter Joshua Kors of Pastor Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church in which Phelps justifies his group's confrontational picketing of veterans' funerals and other venues. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 6:01 am
You can read the Westboro’s Bible-heavy brief here. [read post]
10 May 2008, 2:50 pm
How Appealing provides links to coverage of the failure of Phelps family members, leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church, to post the required bond amounts in order to stay the seizure of Church property while the Church appeals the verdict... [read post]
