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Funeral Protest

Community Aims To Thwart Westboro Protest

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 08.05.2012 | Politics
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When Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to stage a protest at a fallen soldier's funeral, residents of Palm Bay, Fla. decided to organize a "huma...

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Harrisonville, Missouri Gathers To Keep Phelps Protesters From Soldier's Funeral

The Kansas City Star | Donald Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Harrisonville, Freedom of Speech, Fred Phelps, Jacob R. Carver, Westboro Baptist Church, Funeral Protest, Funeral, Home News

People drove from three or four counties away. Buses arrived, bellowing exhaust into the cold, bringing loads of schoolkids and senior citizens. Peopl...

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Failing to Distinguish What We Have a Right to Do -- From the Right Thing to Do

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

I am a staunch supporter of the First Amendment. But having the right to do something brings with it a certain responsibility for common sense and fairness.

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Albert Snyder, Marine Father, Wages Court Battle Against Funeral Protests

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Albert Snyder, Westboro Baptist Church, Funeral Protest, Marines, Military, Dadt, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Free Speech, First Amendment, Politics News

YORK, Pa. — Some nights Albert Snyder wakes up at 3 a.m. Other nights he doesn't sleep at all, tormented by thoughts of the hateful signs carrie...

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