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Judge strikes down Missouri funeral protest law

A federal judge says a Missouri state law barring protests at funerals is unconstitutional. In a 19-page ruling on Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. said the law violates the Westboro Baptist Church's rights to free speech. State lawmakers passed the law in 2006 after the Topeka, Kan.-based church protested at a military funeral in ...

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