... 17, 2006 For disciples of the Westboro Baptist Church, the Bible and free ... seeking new anti-picketing regulations. Westboro has challenged such efforts before, forcing .... Faced with a growing backlash, Westboro may be headed back to court. ... to become a lawyer shortly after founding Westboro in 1955. The law 'was ... gays were taking over the country. Westboro gained national notoriety at the funeral of ...." Widespread backlash While many of Westboro's early protests were ignored, ... but in 1993 a state court awarded Westboro $43,000 in legal fees. In 1995, Westboro sued Kansas over its Funeral Picketing Act... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes APR 06/newsflash04-18-2006-3.htm
... about the Patriot Guard Riders and the Westboro Baptist Church and their "God Hates ....org/ For more on the Westboro Baptist Church, go here.. ....godhatesfags.com/ Background on Westboro demonstrations here... http: ... This is all occurring because of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. ... ago, the leaders and congregation of Westboro decided that our American warriors were dying ... s probably just me. So the Westboro folks decided to make other s lives ... practice our freedom to not listen to Westboro s hate filled rhetoric. We missed seeing the Westboro people this time. There ll be... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes AUG 06/newsflash08-28-2006-1.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 11-01-2007 #10 -- FATHER OF SLAIN MARINE WINS CASE AGAINST FUNERAL PROTESTERS -- "They turned this funeral into a media circus, and they wanted to hurt my family...My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside."nf110107-10.htm
... outside." For more about the Westboro Baptist Church, use the VA Watchdog .../sessearch.php?q=westboro&op=and Story here. ... funeral was protested by members of the Westboro Baptist Church with signs including "Thank ... the compensatory damage award would already eclipse Westboro's assets. A decision in ... free speech case was closely watched after Westboro members criss-crossed the country in ... controversial signs and songs. Alarmed by Westboro protests, at least 22 states enacted ... The courtroom fight came down to whether Westboro had a legal right to demonstrate at ..., a retired attorney and founder of Westboro whose 71-member congregation is largely... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf110107-10.htm
... handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version DAMAGES REDUCED IN WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH FUNERAL PROTEST CASE -- Family claimed the demonstration ... and sullied the memory of the event. For background on the Westboro Baptist Church and their demonstrations at military funerals, use the ...www.yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=westboro&op=and S tory here... http ... the father of a Marine who was killed in Iraq. The Westboro Baptist Church and three of its members, who picket military ...02-06-2008 #2 --DAMAGES REDUCED IN WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH FUNERAL PROTEST CASE --Family claimed the demonstration... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf020608-2.htm
... dot Org ... More about the Westboro Baptist Church and this particular court case can ...org/sessearch.php?q=westboro&op=and ---- ... a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the ...," said Phelps, a member of Westboro who says she has participated in more than ... $16,000 in costs requested by Westboro for copies of motions, briefs and appendices ... which were reduced to $5 million. Westboro in 2008 appealed the case to the 4th ... favor would be unpopular, but she said Westboro's members viewed the potential outcome in... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfapr10/nf040110-10.htm
... SOLDIER'S FUNERAL -- PASTOR FRED PHELPS OF WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH A NO-SHOW Some background on ... case members of the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church tried to stage a protest. The ..., Patriot Guard Riders, was formed to counter the Westboro protests also stood watch Tuesday, their flag- ... form a "human shield" between mourners and the Westboro group, if they had showed up. " ... funeral a felony punishable by fines and prison time. Westboro members have not picketed at any Indiana military funeral ...-Roper, an attorney, said she and other Westboro members instead staged a protest Tuesday at a soldier... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes APR 06/newsflash04-13-2006-1.htm
...-2006 #6 FRED PHELPS TAKES PROTESTS TO VA HOSPITALS -- PASTOR OF WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH SAYS GOD IS WOUNDING AND KILLING SOLDIERS BECAUSE AMERICA HARBORS HOMOSEXUALS I ... legislators struggle with restricting picketing at funerals, the Rev. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church have expanded their protests from services for dead soldiers to veterans' ... without violating protesters' free speech rights, though both chambers were unanimous in condemning Westboro Baptist's activities. Many legislators and Attorney General Phill Kline fear that ... faced "the white-hot wrath of God" for tolerating homosexuality and persecuting Westboro Baptist. The church cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes APR 06/newsflash04-06-2006-6.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 07-02-2007 #5-1 -- SSGT. DARREN P. HUBBELL COMES HOME -- Some special thoughts about sacrifice from Veterans' Advocate Jim Strickland.nf070207-5-1.htm
... It isn't talked about much at PGR today but in the beginning, the nut-cases of Westboro Baptist Church would follow grieving military families around praising God for another KIA. They would protest at the ... shout obscenities, spewing their own particularly hateful brand of religion. In a lot of ways these folks from Westboro make the Taliban seem to be a moderate and reasonable group. A group of Veterans, bikers mostly ... decided that had to stop. They began to form up and insert themselves and their thundering machines between the Westboro people and the families who deserved some dignity. Page 1 of 2 ... continued on Page... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUL07/nf070207-5-1.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-30-2007 #2 -- THE FUNERAL FLAG MAN IS FINALLY FOUND -- "My first reason for being there is that kid in the box. My second reason is to empower these other people who should be standing there with a flag like me."nf043007-2.htm
... with a flag like me." Monika Mcgillicuddy listens to Frank Downs as he recounts his confrontation with the Westboro Baptist Church protesters at the funeral of Army Capt. Jonathan Grassbaugh April 18th in Hampsted. Mcgillicuddy had ... of Capt. Jonathan Grassbaugh in Hampstead was Downs' first encounter with members of the organization that calls itself Westboro Baptist Church. Using extreme language and Biblical references, the group claims a variety of events, including ... showed up in force for Capt. Grassbaugh's funeral. Bearing flags, they passed silently by the Westboro protesters without acknowledging them, members told the Sunday News previously. They headed for St. Anne Catholic... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf043007-2.htm
... this is one fringe group attacking another would not be accurate. The protesters, members of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, are known to hop from funeral to funeral, but they never number more than a ... to protect grieving families from hate speech appears to be a cause with which few can disagree. And confronting Westboro Baptist Church has become a popular issue in many state legislatures too. In Illinois, a bill has ... great response." Mayer and others said that Patriot Guard Riders' reason for being has grown beyond counterprotesting Westboro Baptist Church. He said members of his group only show with the consent of the family. "... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes APR 06/newsflash04-20-2006-7.htm
