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The Fred Phelps Supreme Court Decision and Why We Shouldn't Look for Loopholes in the First Amendment

Greta Christina, AlterNet. March 10, 2011.

When it comes to free speech and the First Amendment, the content of the speech, and whether or not we find it hateful, vile and abhorrent, is irrelevant.

Fred Phelps' Church Protesting Outside Sasha and Malia Obama's School

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009.

Scary.

Photos: Worlds Collide Outside Obama Speech: Randall Terry, Code Pink, Militant Gays and the 'God Hates Fags' Folks Commune in DC

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 10, 2009.

It had the feel of a political campaign, when polar opposites find themselves occupying the same space, drawn by media who came for somebody else. The somebody was Obama.

Fred Phelps to Picket Gay Penguins

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 24, 2009.

Fred Phelps is taking his show to London to protest a school that has the gall to teach kids to treat everyone with respect.

AZ Law Will Keep Westboro Baptist Church Hatemongers Away From Shooting Victims\' Funerals

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.