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Thursday, October 6, 2011

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Court strikes down Missouri city's ban on funeral protests

Posted by Ben Palosaari on Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:34 PM



Yesterday was busy for the Westboro Baptist Church! Steve Jobs died, giving the haters of everything a chance to drag America's most beloved CEO through the dirt, and they won another court case involving bans on protesting at funerals.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a U.S. appeals court has struck down a Manchester, Missouri, law banning protesting at funerals. For the uninitiated (if there are any of you out there), WBC loves to show up at funerals, especially those for members of the military, and scream about how God hates this and God hates that. The ACLU sued to block the law, arguing it infringed on free-speech rights.

Last year, a state law in Missouri banning protests at soldiers' funerals was struck down. Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled that WBC's nuttery was constitutionally protected speech. Fortunately, the Phelps posse didn't feel the need to bastardize a classic-rock song following this ruling, as they did at the Supreme Court.

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America's most loved CEO??? I don't think so! Not by any stretch of the imagination.

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Posted by Paulie on 10/07/2011 at 2:31 PM

The only way to get rid of them is the freddy kreuger defense.

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Posted by Erick on 10/07/2011 at 8:26 AM

I totally agree with Abe. The less any of us hear about those monsters, the better for our entire society.

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Posted by MsBunny on 10/06/2011 at 4:39 PM

Hey Pitch, quit covering the WBC. Publicity is the only thing that keeps them going.

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Posted by Abe on 10/06/2011 at 3:13 PM
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