The US Supreme Court ruled today (March 2, 2011) that the free speech rights of the First Amendment protect fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families, the Associated Press website reports.
The high court voted 8-1 in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.
The decision upheld an appeals court ruling that threw out a $5 million judgment to the father of a dead Marine, who sued church members after they picketed his son's funeral.
Justice Samuel Alito dissented.
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