• Home
  • News
    • Business
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Legislature
    • Politics / Govt
  • Sports
    • The Bill Pollock Show
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Missourinet

Your source for Missouri News and Sports

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Federal Judge Rejects Challenge of Funeral Protest Law

Federal Judge Rejects Challenge of Funeral Protest Law

January 26, 2007 By admin Leave a Comment

A Federal Judge has rejected an effort to stop enforcement of Missouri’s funeral protest law. Federal District Judge Fernando Gaitan has denied a request from a member of a Topeka, Kansas, church run by the Reverend Fred Phelps, for a preliminary injunction. Judge Gaitan found the plaintiff, Phelps’ daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper, was not likely to succeed on the merits because the statute was content neutral, that Missouri had asserted a significant interest, and that the statute was narrowly tailored. He also declined to find that the statute was overly broad or unduly vague. The law, passed last year, sets criminal restrictions on picketing funerals. It was passed in response to the actions of Phelps’ followers, who have crossed the country to stage protests at funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group claims it is God’s will that the soldiers are being killed because of America’s tolerance of homosexuality.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Military

Subscribe to our daily newsletter

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.



Tweets by Missourinet

Sports

Missouri State cruises into semis at Arch Madness

Third-seede … [Read More...]

Billikens never trail in topping UMass at A-10 tourney

Saint … [Read More...]

Cardinals and Royals will have fans at The K and Busch Stadium this season.

After … [Read More...]

Mizzou falls to Alabama in SEC Tournament

Mizzou … [Read More...]

Girl hurt in crash with ex-Chiefs Coach “likely has permanent brain damage”

A girl … [Read More...]

More Sports

Tweets by missourisports

Archives

Opinion/Editorials

TwitterFacebook

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC