/tags/westboro-baptist-church Westboro Baptist Church en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Sat, 21 Jun 2014 01:18:04 GMT /government-politics-issues/2014-06-20/nixon-signs-bill-revamping-missouris-funeral-protest-law Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed several bills passed during the 2014 regular session into law Friday.Tweak to funeral protest lawFirst, Nixon signed House… Sat, 21 Jun 2014 01:18:04 GMT /government-politics-issues/2014-06-20/nixon-signs-bill-revamping-missouris-funeral-protest-law Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2013-04-26/federal-court-upholds-limits-on-funeral-protests This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 26, 2013 - Missouri can keep protesters 300 feet away from around a funeral without violating… Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:15:03 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-04-26/federal-court-upholds-limits-on-funeral-protests William H. Freivogel /government-politics-issues/2013-04-26/federal-court-upholds-limits-on-funeral-protests This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon:Missouri can keep protesters 300 feet away from around a funeral without violating free speech rights,… Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:42:18 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-04-26/federal-court-upholds-limits-on-funeral-protests William H. Freivogel /2013-04-26/court-upholds-version-of-mo-funeral-protest-law A federal appeals court has ruled that with some changes, a version of a Missouri law restricting protests near funerals does not violate a Kansas-based… Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:57:56 GMT /2013-04-26/court-upholds-version-of-mo-funeral-protest-law Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2013-03-12/ballwin-adopts-limits-on-funeral-protests Another Missouri town has adopted an ordinance placing limits on funeral protests. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that aldermen in Ballwin on Monday… Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:55:57 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-03-12/ballwin-adopts-limits-on-funeral-protests /2012-10-16/federal-appeals-court-reinstates-manchesters-funeral-protest-ban A federal appeals court has ruled that efforts by the city of Manchester to limit protests by the Westboro Baptist Church is constitutional, despite the… Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:53:08 GMT /2012-10-16/federal-appeals-court-reinstates-manchesters-funeral-protest-ban Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2012-02-06/enthusiastic-but-well-mannered-crowd-greets-westboro-in-clayton This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2012 - By the time a handful of demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church showed up at… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:44:31 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-02-06/enthusiastic-but-well-mannered-crowd-greets-westboro-in-clayton Dale Singer /government-politics-issues/2012-02-01/clayton-high-prepares-response-to-upcoming-picketing-by-westboro-baptist-church This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 1, 2012 - Students at Clayton High School are trying to turn planned picketing by anti-gay… Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:12:53 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-02-01/clayton-high-prepares-response-to-upcoming-picketing-by-westboro-baptist-church Dale Singer /2011-12-08/morning-headlines-thursday-december-8-2011 Blagojevich plans to keep fightingRod Blagojevich has just over two months of freedom before he's scheduled to begin a 14-year prison term. But the… Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:32:48 GMT /2011-12-08/morning-headlines-thursday-december-8-2011 /government-politics-issues/2011-11-14/can-free-speech-ever-be-too-free This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 14, 2011 - NEW YORK - Anthony Lewis is a friend of the First Amendment. But the former New York… Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:35:32 GMT /government-politics-issues/2011-11-14/can-free-speech-ever-be-too-free