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Westboro Baptist Church to test free speech protections

Conflict & Justice

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, will soon stand before the nation’s top court to argue for their constitutional right to protest outside soldiers’ funerals. In their view, American deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are God’s punishment.

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Church

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