On March 8th 2010, The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review a funeral Protest Case involving the Westboro Baptist Church and Fred Phelps. The protests of this group have horrified funeral professionals across the United States.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on the outer limits of free-speech protection for public protests and to rule on whether a dead soldier’s family can sue fringe religious protesters who picketed near their son’s funeral with signs that said, “Thank God for dead soldiers.”
A Maryland jury awarded $10 million in damages to Albert Snyder, whose son Matthew was killed in Iraq in March 2006. He had sued Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., who has traveled the country for 20 years leading controversial protests at funerals for American soldiers.
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