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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has left in place a court order barring Missouri from enforcing a law limiting protests near funerals.
The justices refused without comment Monday to hear Missouri's appeal. The state enacted a law aimed at religious picketers who have turned up at soldiers' funerals. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., claim God allows soldiers to be killed as punishment for the nation's sins, including
homosexuality, divorce and remarriage, idolatry and greed.
Church member Shirley Phelps-Roper persuaded the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to issue an order barring enforcement of the law while a federal judge considers whether it is constitutional.
The case is Nixon v. Phelps-Roper, 08-1244.
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jatabbygirl (anonymous) says...
i beleive evryones family should be able to put the dead to rest peacefully.shame on you phelps how would you like it if when you or your wife dies we block all the streets carrying signs that say yeah the cities one and only dumba** is dead thank god for taking him so we can have a peaceful town.call your wife NAMES SMEAR YOUR CHILDRENS NAME ALL AT YOUR DEATH OR YOUR WIFES OR MAYBE YOUR KIDS NEED A LIVER OR KIDNEY AND THE ONLY MATCH IN THE WORLD IS FROM A GAY PERSON OH NO WHAT YOU GOING TO DO DENY YOUR CHILD AND LET THEM DIE BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU ARE THE JUDGE OF HOW PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD SHOULD BE.SUCK IT UP JACKA** GET OVER YOURSELF AND LET PEOPLE BE HAPPY WHO ARE YOU IN THE WORLD OH YEAH NNNNOOOBODYYY JUST A GUY WHO DIDNT HAVE MANY FRIENDS GOT PICKED ON AS A KID AND NOW THINKS HE SHOULD MAKE OTHER PEOPLE JUST AS MISERABLE AS YOU ARE.BY THE WAY IM A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO IS IN ARELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN BUT I AM STILL TIRED OF YOUR CRAP AND IF THIS CITY IS TO EVER GET BETTER WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE TRASH IN THIS TOWN AND I BELEIVE THAT WOULD BE YOU AND YOUR RETARDED CLAN.YEAH WE SHOULD ALL HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DEAD LIKE THEM OR NOT.WHY DONT YOU AND YOUR CLAN MOVE YOUR FANTASY BELIEVES TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUNTAINS OR SOME SMALL ISLAND BY YOURSELFS THEN YOU WONT HAVE ANY WORRY ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS TOWN HECK I WILL EVEN THROW YOUR CLAN A GOODBYE PARTY.
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