Kansas Attorney General readies brief in funeral protest case
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Jun 3, 2010
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six is asking attorneys general from across the country to join him in a brief he will file in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving funeral protests.
Six intends to file a friend of the court brief in an appeal by the family of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder. The family sued the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka after members picketed Snyder’s 2006 funeral. The church, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, contends U.S. military deaths are God’s punishment for tolerating homosexuality.
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the protesters’ actions, no matter how provocative and upsetting, are protected by the U.S. Constitution’s free speech amendment.
Six says that other states need to stand up for the families’ right to mourn their loved ones in dignity. So far, eight states have joined
