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Supreme Court says anti-gay protesters have a right to demonstrate at military funerals

In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court throws out a lawsuit against Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church from Kansas. The court says the church has a 1st Amendment right to state its vitriolic message at funerals even though it 'is certainly hurtful and its contribution to public discourse may be negligible.'WASHINGTON — Anti-gay protesters who picket the funerals of U.S.

 

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