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Friday, January 18, 2013

St. Louis County Reportedly Considers Funeral Protest Ban

The ban would be similar to the those passed by other St. Louis area cities, including Manchester.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis County Councilman Steve Stenger, D-Affton, wants to pass legislation that would restrict funeral protests. Stenger wants legislation that would mirror Creve Coeur's city ordinance which was passed this week by the city council, the Post reports. Creve Coeur and Clatyon have both recently passed ordinances similar to Manchester's city ordinance which prohibits protests within 300 feet of a funeral one hour before and one hour after services. Manchester's ordinance was put in place in response to protests like those by Westboro Baptist Church where members are known for anti-gay protests at the funerals of U.S. soldiers, claiming the soldiers' deaths are a result of America's tolerance for …

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Creve Coeur Passes Funeral Protest Law Targeting Westboro Baptist (in Creve Coeur Patch), NEWS NEARBY: Creve Coeur Considers Westboro-Inspired Anti-Protest Ordinance (in Town and Country-Manchester Patch), Appeals Court Rules Manchester Can Restrict Funeral Protests (in Town and Country-Manchester Patch), and 6 more ›

Monday, September 24, 2012

Protesters Denounce Akin for Stance on Women's Health

Voters lined a Kirkwood street Monday afternoon to express their distaste for the U.S. Senate candidate and local representative.

From a birth control costume to a sign that read "Voting Vagina," it was pretty clear why participants of a voters' rally outside a Todd Akin fundraiser thought the U.S. Senate candidate was the wrong man for the job. "It's disgusting we have a congressman who doesn't understand science," said LaDonna Appelbaum, of Creve Couer. "We need women making decisions for women, not men."  Protesters lined the street of South Kirkwood Road outside Woodbine Center near Trattoria Branica where Akin was holding a fundraising event after a press conference at the Kirkwood Train Station.  Many protesters wore pink Planned Parenthood T-shirts. The St. Louis chapter of Advocates of Planned Parenthood mobilized supporters of the organization through an …

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Trattoria Branica (in Kirkwood Patch) and Amtrak (in Kirkwood Patch)

Jesda Gulati

3:09 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I don't agree with the Democrats either. Missouri loses either way.   more ›

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