Westboro Church Plans Protest Of Funeral For Pa. Children [View All]

Source: Huffington Post

Westboro Church Plans Protest Of Funeral For Pa. Children
First Posted: 03/12/11 03:57 AM Updated: 03/12/11 03:57 AM
By Sara Ganim
Religion News Service

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group that just won a free speech Supreme Court case, said it plans to protest at a funeral for seven Pennsylvania children who died in a fire Tuesday (March 8) night.

"I'm baffled that they would choose this," said Perry County District Attorney Charles F. Chenot III. "This is a family that's obviously apparently Christian in their beliefs and certainly shouldn't conflict with the beliefs of the Westboro Baptist Church."

Westboro says the children's deaths are linked to the recent Supreme Court decision, in which a father sued the church after it protested his slain Marine son's funeral in 2008.

"The bottom line is that they can't interfere with the funeral itself," Chenot said of the service set for March 15.






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