USA: Supreme Court to decide on Westboro funeral protests

September 30th, 2010

The Supreme Court is to decide next week whether members of Westboro Baptist Church have the constitutional right to picket military funerals. Al Snyder, the father of a US marine whose funeral was accompanied by the protesters’ anti-gay and anti-Catholic demonstrations is seeking damages for emotional distress. The fundamentalist church, which has said that it plans to protest outside the court, will argue on 6 October that its actions are protected under the First Amendment. Snyder says the decision isn’t a free speech issue but a “case of harrassment“.

This ‘banned list’ has no place in UK law

May 5th, 2009

To stop people entering Britain because of what they may say while here is based on the concept of pre-emptive sanction says Padraig Reidy
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Christian preacher banned from UK

February 19th, 2009

Controversial American preacher Fred Phelps has been banned from entering the UK. (more…)