Death Reference Desk

Anti-Gay Minister Shouldn’t Be Able To Intrude On Soldiers’ Funerals Doug Gansler, The Washington Post (October 6, 2010) Funeral Protesters Have A Free-Speech Right Editorial Board, The Washington Post (October 6, 2010) Westboro Baptist Church, Phelps Family Speak Out About Funeral-Protest Case Ian Shapira, The Washington Post (October 6, 2010) Court Considers Westboro Baptist Church’s [...]

Westboro Baptist’s Funeral Protests Put Free Speech To Test Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers (October 1, 2010) Supreme Court Term Offers Hot Issues and Future Hints Adam Liptak, The New York Times (October 2, 2010) Free speech: Westboro Church Supreme Court Case Tests First Amendment Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor (October 2, 2010) On Wednesday, [...]

Antigay Church can Protest Military Funerals, Judge Rules Missouri violated free speech protections when it passed a law to prevent Westboro Baptist Church, known for its provocative antigay protests, from picketing military funerals, a federal judge ruled Monday. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor (August 17, 2010) Death Ref has been following the Westboro Baptists Church’s [...]

High Court: Justices to Consider ‘Funeral Protests’ in Free-Speech Case Robert Barnes, Washington Post (May 31, 2010) The Washington Post ran a really interesting article today on an upcoming US Supreme Court case involving freedom of speech and protests at funerals for dead soldiers. I expect that the story ran today because it is, afterall, [...]