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Lawmakers Look to Spare Funerals from Fred Phelps

KCUR | By Frank Morris

Published February 7, 2006 at 12:00 PM CST

Fred Phelps points to the first newspaper ad run by the Westboro Baptist Church.

By Frank Morris

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Kansas City, MO – As final preparations are made for funeral services for Coretta Scott-King in Atlanta, police there are bracing for some unwelcome guests from Topeka.

Fred Phelps, and his Westboro Baptist Church has long exploited such public events for their virulent, anti-gay demonstrations. Law makers in more than a dozen state capitols are taking steps to neutralize the protests, but the controversial preacher argues that would take away his First Amendment rights. KCUR'S Frank Morris reports.

This story first aired in February, 2006.