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Mar 25, 2007
Articles: Ohio Law Aimed at Phelps' 'Church' Is Upheld
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By Kyleovision
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(Columbus, OH) - A federal judge on Friday upheld significant portions of a state law that limits when and where people may protest at funerals, a law aimed at a small fundamentalist Kansas church whose members picket burials of U.S. troops killed in combat, arguing that the deaths are God's punishment for homosexuals. The 2006 law prohibits protesters from being within 300 feet of a cemetery, funeral home, church or synagogue either one hour before or after a burial service.
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