Westboro attorney, Richmond lawyer set to debate

Dan82 · Sep 27, 2010

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/sep/26/west26-ar-525507/

An attorney for Westboro Baptist Church will face a Richmond lawyer in a mock Supreme Court argument over a hate-speech case this afternoon at the VCU Student Commons Theater.

William H. Hurd, a former solicitor general of Virginia and a partner at the law firm of Troutman Sanders, will face Margie Phelps, an attorney for the Kansas-based hate group that has become nationally known for heckling at military funerals, claiming that God kills soldiers as punishment for national tolerance of homosexuality.

Before the debate, Westboro members have said they will picket at three churches in the Richmond area: the West End Assembly of God in western Henrico County from 9 to 9:30 a.m.; Trinity Baptist Church in Richmond from 10:25 to 10:55 a.m.; and St. Paul's Baptist Church in eastern Henrico from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

Yesterday, the Westboro group protested at a funeral service at Williamsburg Community Chapel in James City County for Army 1st Lt. Todd W. Weaver of Hampton, who died this month in Afghanistan. Police Lt. Greg LaRose said the protesters and counterprotesters stayed in the areas that had been set aside for the demonstration and that there were no incidents. He said the Westboro group arrived after the funeral started and left before its conclusion...

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Westboro attorney, Richmond lawyer set to debate

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