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Anti-Gay Church Prepares For US Supreme Court Case

FAC August 4, 2010

Members of a Kansas church sued for protesting outside a Marine’s funeral are gearing up to present their case to the U.S. Supreme Court in October. News August 4, 2010 By The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ― The high court is scheduled to hear arguments Oct. 6 in the case of Westboro Baptist Church, which claims its protests outside a 2006 funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq were free speech protected by the

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Pro-life T-shirt censorship case to go to jury

FAC July 27, 2010

A dress-code dispute over an anti-abortion T-shirt will head to trial in late August, after a federal district judge said it was an open question whether officials prohibited a student from wearing her shirt with pictures of fetuses because of its viewpoint or because it was too graphic. Commentary July 27, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. In April 2008, a sixth-grade student at McSwain Union Elementary School in  Merced, Calif., wore an anti-abortion shirt

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Scholars: Westboro message at Marine’s funeral offensive, but protected

FAC July 19, 2010

Why seven groups of scholars filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Phelpses, not Albert Snyder. Daily Record/Sunday News By Jeff Frantz July 19, 2010 The writers of all seven amicus briefs filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Westboro Baptist Church noted two things: The protest by the Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his family was terribly offensive and presented a worldview with which they disagreed

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Judge: Law penalizing fake heroes unconstitutional

FAC July 16, 2010

A judge in Denver has ruled that a federal law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero is unconstitutional because it violates free speech. First Amendment News July 16, 2010 By AP DENVER —The ruling, made public Friday, came in the case of Rick Glen Strandlof, a Colorado man who claimed he was an ex-Marine wounded in Iraq and had received the Purple Heart and Silver Star. The military had no record

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Media groups side with Westboro protestors in court case

FAC July 16, 2010

Twenty-two media organizations have sided with a radical church against the father of a fallen Marine who is trying to sue it for picketing his son’s funeral. Stars and Stripes July 16, 2010 By Jeff Schogol ARLINGTON, Va. —The media organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Wednesday with the Supreme Court in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church, which protests near servicemembers’ funerals because it believes that troops’ deaths and other national tragedies are divine revenge

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