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6 Oct 2011, 12:18 pm
"Westboro Baptist case: Juries on trial; What was lost in the Snyder v. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 11:41 am
Do Fred Phelps and other members of the Westboro Baptist Church have a First Amendment right to picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards funeral with signs saying that “God Hates Elizabeth Edwards”? [read post]
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES THAT WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH HAS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PICKET AT FUNERALS
2 Mar 2011, 12:04 pm
But respondents, members of the Westboro Baptist Church, deprived him of that elementary right. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 7:25 am
Westboro members have gained notoriety for their picketing of veterans' funerals carrying signs attacking America's acceptance of gays. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 7:40 am
"Honoring America's Veterans Act Signed By Obama, Restricting Westboro Military Funeral Protests": The Huffington Post has this report. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 1:09 pm
The controversial Westboro Baptist Church is in the middle of a row with Anonymous. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:04 pm
Westboro Baptist Church is a fundamentalist Kansas church. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:04 pm
Westboro Baptist Church is a fundamentalist Kansas church. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 12:41 pm
Supreme Court had agreed to hear a case where a father of a fallen soldier sued Westboro for invasion of privacy, and Westboro argued for protection under the First Amendment The Supreme Court issued its 8-1 ruling in favor of Westboro, finding that the protestors’ speech “cannot be restricted simply because it is upsetting or arouses contempt. [read post]
15 May 2009, 7:11 am
The Miami Herald reports that ferociously bigoted Westboro Baptist church plans a media event at our graduation. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:38 am
Numerous Christian organizations have condemned Westboro, as has the Ku Klux Klan (that’s right – the Ku Klux Klan finds Westboro’s practices too extreme). [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 10:16 am
The notorious Westboro Baptist Church has announced that it will picket the funerals of the six shooting victims in Tucson, Arizona. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 9:16 am
In suit brought by members of Westboro Baptist Church, Eighth Circuit affirms injunction against a Manchester, Missouri ordinance regulating protests near funerals: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 7:27 am
Today's New York Times explores the relationship between the city of Topeka, Kansas and the Phelps family, leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church that was at the center of a Supreme Court argument last week over free speech rights. [read post]
27 Mar 2011, 4:19 pm
The filmmaker took great care to present a balanced view of the Westboro clan by including interviews with Phelps and his family, footage of their picketing moments and clips of Phelps preaching. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 12:00 am
Tuesday's multi-million dollar judgment against the anti-gay leaders of Westboro Baptist Church who make a practice of picketing veterans' funerals has been hailed by losing defendant Shirley Phelps-Roper. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 3:54 pm
"Westboro Baptist Church's Surreal Day in Court": Online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has a blog post that begins, "More often than one would expect, oral argument in front of the Supreme Court resembles a Celebrity Deathmatch between Lionel Hutz of The Simpsons and Ned Racine of Body Heat. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 12:20 am
The Baltimore Sun last week reported that a Maryland federal district judge has ordered two leaders of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church to post bond in order to proceed with their appeal of a $5 million judgment issued against them in February. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 8:20 am
In a letter to the editor entitled “Church did not ruin our goodbye,” Julie Francis, Matthew Snyder’s mother, explains why she refused to join her ex-husband’s suit against the Westboro Baptist Church. [read post]
10 Jan 2009, 9:00 pm
Last month, the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments in a critical appeal by the Westboro Baptist Church and its three members who lost a Maryland federal trial in October 2007 for intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy. [read post]
