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Federal Appeals Court rules for Manchester, Mo funeral protest ban

By filingspost on Wed, 10/17/12
Society & Culture
Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church dealt setback as court upholds funeral protest ban

Ruling in favor of Manchester, Mo., 11 members of 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the city’s ordinance barring protests at funerals met constitutional muster because it was narrowly written and offered picketers ample opportunities to express their views in other ways.

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