Beyond Snyder v. Phelps: Free Speech and Funeral Picketing Laws

Dale A. Herbeck

DOI:10.1080/08997225.2012.10556381

Corpus ID: 159547520

Beyond Snyder v. Phelps: Free Speech and Funeral Picketing Laws

@article{Herbeck2012BeyondSV,
  title={Beyond Snyder v. Phelps: Free Speech and Funeral Picketing Laws},
  author={Dale A. Herbeck},
  journal={Free Speech Yearbook},
  year={2012},
  volume={46},
  pages={23 - 28}
}

Dale A. Herbeck
Published 2012
History
Free Speech Yearbook

Reverend Fred W. Phelps, Sr. and the members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, are “fire and brimstone” fundamentalists who believe that God hates all homosexuals. Because of our national toleration of homosexuality, Phelps and his followers believe God is punishing the United States, particularly U.S. military forces. The Westboro Baptist Church has voiced this position on the church’s web site and during protests at funerals held for prominent people and for United States… Expand

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