St. Peters Officials Keep Eye on Funeral Protest Case
St. Charles County battles ACLU over free speech, right to privacy case in federal court.
St. Peters officials are keeping an eye on a U.S. Supreme Court case before determining if they can proceed with an ordinace regulating protests at funerals. "The law of the land right now in Missouri is that you can't do it," said Alderman Patrick Barclay, Ward 4. "We decided at our November meeting to put this on the back burner and see what happens with the Supreme Court case." The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing arguments in a case brought by the father of a deceased soldier against members of Westboro Baptist Church, who protested at his son's funeral. Albert Snyder claims invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Fred Phelps and other members of his church, according to a UPI story. "Once that case…
