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The case before the Supreme Court hinges on whether a 2006 Westboro protest of homosexuality infringed on the rights of a Maryland family burying a US [...]

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Rio Rancho, NM (KRQE) - The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday about whether the 1st Amendment protects protests at funerals of military [...]

6 Oct 2010 The Westboro Baptist Church picketed the White House yesterday in advance of their appearance before the Supreme Court today where the [...]

1 Apr 2010 That judgment should have bankrupted the Westboro Baptist Church Hopefully, the US Supreme Court sees those limits in Freedom of Speech. [...]

9 Mar 2010 –The lower appeals court sided with Westboro and voided the original $5 million award. The Supreme Court, in most cases, doesn't decide to [...]

9 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with [...]

6 Oct 2010 Following the hour-long argument it appears the Supreme Court may ultimately issue an opinion that sides against Albert Snyder, the Maryland [...]

7 Oct 2010 There's almost universal agreement that the tactics and message used by parishioners of the small, fringe Westboro Baptist Church are [...]

Megan Matteson, center, confronts Jacob Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church on Wednesday outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead [...]

Fred Phelps has no friends on the bench of the Supreme Court. And he doesn't think he needs them. As you may be aware, Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church has for some years now been going around to military funerals- a singular event in which the family has only one chance to bury a loved one- and utte [...]

Supreme Court justices, in a rare public display of sympathy, strongly suggested Wednesday they would like to rule for a dead Marine's father against fundamentalist church members who picketed his son's funeral — but aren't sure they can. Snyder, of York, Pa., is asking the court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against the Westboro members who held signs outside the Westminster, Md., funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, including ones that read "Thank God for Dead [...]

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A father whose son's funeral was disrupted by the infamous Westboro Baptist Church wants damages for emotional distress. Should the Supreme Court side with him? [...]

Inside a packed courtroom Wednesday, all nine Supreme Court justices grappled with whether — and to what degree — the funeral of a fallen soldier is a public or private event. The case originated with the soldier's father, Albert Snyder, who is seeking redress over the presence of seven Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators wielding “God Hates You” and other signs outside the 2006 funeral in Westminster of his son, Matthew Snyder. Led by Pastor Fred Phelps, the protesters [...]

a dear friend of mine on facebook posed the thought "contemplating his own upbringing, in the wake of all the tragic stories around gay youth, lately" and it made me think about it all. For me, i don't wish being young on anyone these days. The culture that i grew up in as a child is a world of f [...]

The Supreme Court seemed to have trouble putting aside the ugliness of the message to focus on the rights of the messenger Wednesday, as justices tried to balance [...]

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Westboro Baptist Church protesters, led by Rev. Fred Phelps, will appear before the nine justices of the US Supreme Court on Wednesday. A decision is expected no later than the end of the year. [...]

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And The Westboro Trial Unfolds… October 6th, 2010 Posted By Pat Dollard. Supreme Court Funeral Protests. WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices, in a rare public display of sympathy, strongly suggested Wednesday they would like to [...]

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When Supreme Court justices took up that issue in court on Wednesday, the usually highly divided court agreed on one thing: these Westboro Baptist Church people are jerks. Their tactics are “very obnoxious,” said Justice Stephen Breyer, [...]

Westboro Baptist Church. Fred Phelps claims God hates fags, but the Supreme Court loves a good state of freedom of expression. This morning the court will consider the case of Phelps and his staff all hate eating paste protesting the [...]

[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] Here in Kansas, we are unfortunately very well acquainted with Topeka's own Westboro Baptist "Church" (I put "church" in quotes because whatever their actual name or legal status, what they clearly are is a small, inbred, weirdly self-aware yet profoundly pathe [...]

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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro [...]

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Unless you have been living under a rock or are totally oblivious then you have probably heard of Westboro Baptist Church. This is the church that is currently in front of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Synder vs [...]

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Yesterday the US Supreme Court heard a tricky case, in which the Church cited the 1st amendment, their right to religious freedom, a religious freedom to picket a family burying their son. It is worth pointing out that the second [...]

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The US Supreme Court is going to hear arguments next week in a case involving Westboro Baptist Church, which was sued after protesting at a Marine's funeral [...]

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Today, the Supreme Court hears what may be the most controversial case this term: Albert Snyder vs. Westboro Baptist Church. Read More: fred phelps · supreme court · westboro church. Leave a comment [...]