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Why is the Westboro Baptist Church picketing Elizabeth Edwards' funeral?

More known for picketing funerals of US soldiers who have died in the Middle East, Westboro Baptist Church has vowed to picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.

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Katrina in the Midwest: Tornado-struck town begins road to recovery

Harrisburg, Ill., hit by a tornado Wednesday, was spared by the massive storm system that spawned tornadoes across the East Friday. Instead, it started the process of healing.
Hundreds of same-sex couples say 'I do' in New York

Sunday was the first day gay couples could be legally married in New York. Hundreds lined up to say "I do." New York brings to six the number of states where such marriages can be performed.
Terry Jones: How free speech and Quran burning can lead to violence

The violent reaction to Terry Jones burning the Quran at his tiny Florida church continued to spread Saturday, and with it questions about freedom of expression with murderous results.
What recourse now to Westboro Baptist Church's rude protests?

With the US Supreme Court ruling in its favor, Westboro Baptist Church plans more controversial protests at funerals and cultural events. Counterspeech and counterprotests are best responses, say activists.
Supreme Court: 'hurtful speech' of Westboro Baptist Church is protected

Supreme Court Justice Alito is the lone dissenter in the 8-to-1 ruling on free-speech principles, saying the conduct of the Westboro Baptist Church 'caused petitioner great injury.'
How Tucson kept Westboro Baptist Church protests out of town

A Westboro Baptist Church spokeswoman is expected to get air time on two radio talk shows in exchange for the called-off protests. Critics say the church will get more exposure that way, but one of the talk-show hosts says the deal was worth it.
Funeral protest: Arizona rallies to foil Westboro Baptist Church

Funeral protest plans by Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, have been met with defiance in Arizona. Tuscon residents say they'll block the protesters from getting to the mourners of Saturday's mass shooting. The state legislature has also passed a law to help.
Westboro picketers outnumbered at Elizabeth Edwards funeral

Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards Saturday. But they were vastly outnumbered by a “human buffer” singing Christmas carols.
Why is the Westboro Baptist Church picketing Elizabeth Edwards' funeral?

More known for picketing funerals of US soldiers who have died in the Middle East, Westboro Baptist Church has vowed to picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.
City of Man: Politics and Religion in a New Era

Two journalists offer a political blueprint for a new crop of young Evangelicals.
Letters to the Editor - Weekly Issue of October 18, 2010

Readers write in about free speech, genetically modified crops and overpopulation, legalizing marijuana in California.
What Supreme Court justices asked at Westboro Baptist Church hearing

Albert Snyder says Westboro Baptist Church protesters ruined his son's funeral. The church says it has a right to free speech. The justices asked a lot of hypothetical questions about what constitutes allowable speech.
Supreme Court: Can Westboro Baptist Church protest military funerals?

Supreme Court to hear free speech case pitting a bereaved father against the Westboro Baptist Church, which held an antigay protest near the funeral of his son, a marine killed in Iraq.
Free speech: Westboro church Supreme Court case tests 1st Amendment

A Supreme Court case challenging the Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protests will test the limits of free speech, with First Amendment implications for other forms of expression such as Quran burning and racist demonstrations.
Florida church may not burn Qurans, but Kansas church says it will

Pastor Terry Jones may have ‘suspended’ plans to burn copies of the Quran at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., on 9/11, but the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., says it will.
Antigay church can protest military funerals, judge rules

Missouri violated free speech protections when it passed a law to prevent Westboro Baptist Church, known for its provocative antigay protests, from picketing military funerals, a federal judge ruled Monday.
It's official: Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice

Elena Kagan, President Obama's second appointment to the US Supreme Court, was sworn in Saturday as an associate justice. Which cases will she hear first?
Dad of a fallen Marine perseveres against protests at military funerals

Albert Snyder says he won't pay court-ordered legal fees of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church, which organizes protests at military funerals. He sued the group after it picketed at his son's funeral in 2006, and the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear his appeal.
Supreme Court rules protests at troops' funerals can continue

The high court won't intervene in free-speech case involving a church's antigay demonstrations.
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No haters allowed: Britain's new 'least wanted' list includes Michael Savage and Fred Phelps

The radio talk show host and hate-mongering Kansas preacher – along with other assorted extremists – are no longer welcome in England.
U.S. Supreme Court takes a new 10 Commandments case

The Decalogue is on display in a public park in Utah. Is the park, therefore, a forum for expression of all types?