Thursday, November 18, 2010

Missouri taxpayers won't have to pay Westboro Baptist Church's legal fees...for now

Federal Judge Fernando Gaitan ruled Wednesday that Missouri taxpayers will not have to foot the bill for the Westboro Baptist Church's legal expenses in its battle against Attorney General Chris Koster and the state.

That may change after the state's appeal of the judge's decision striking down Missouri's laws regulating protests at funerals. Gaitan said the decision was "deferred" until "completion of the appeals process."

The law was passed by Missouri legislators after followers of the Topeka church protested at military funerals, claiming that God wanted American soldiers killed because of the country's tolerant attitude toward homosexuals.

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