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Westboro Baptist Church meets a united community; Westboro protesters face jeers and slashed tires

Nov 19th, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Motivated by three picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church, hundreds of students and East Lansing residents gathered to show their support for diversity and tolerance. Earlier this month, the Westboro Baptist Church protest another military funeral.

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U.S. Supreme Court to rule on anti-gay protests at funerals; the end of the road for the Westboro Baptist Church?

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Kentucky Guardian Contributors & Staff | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, Lead Story, National News

In a shocking move, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church at funerals for U.S. military members killed in Iraq. The group maintains that God hates homosexuals above all other kinds of “sinners” and that homosexuality should be a capital crime.

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