A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that a Kentucky law barring protests within 300 feet of military funerals and memorial services is too broad and may not be enforced. The temporary injunction comes in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky. The ACLU argued that the Kentucky law went too far in restricting freedom of speech when it barred protesters from saying hateful things to mourners at military funerals. A Topeka, Kansas, group calling itself the Westboro Baptist Church has been traveling to military funerals around the country, telling mourners that "God hates fags" and that "God has irreversibly cursed America" for its tolerance of homosexuality.
