Charleston, Chattanooga joined by tragedy, love. Instinct, basic training helped Marine save daughter during July 16 attack. Cooper: Marine Corps report revelations strengthen need for carry policy. Chattanooga gunman test drove Lexus convertible before July 16 attack. Crowds pack Ross's Landing for tribute to five slain servicemen. Two months after July 16 attack, many questions remain unanswered.
Jackson returns to hometown for today's tribute to five fallen heroes. Greeson: Chattanooga Unite offers all of us a chance to remember. July 16 shooter had no hard drugs in his system during April DUI arrest, lab results show.
Marines will not arm recruiters in wake of July 16 attack. Photos: Run of Honor benefit race. Harry Connick Jr. Kennedy: Angels of the flag garden.
Tribute rises: Massive sculpture celebrates lives of Chattanooga's five fallen heroes. Greeson: UTC to honor five military heroes from July Cook: Grief and the violence of July Navy launches official investigation into Chattanooga attack. Bob Corker warns 'dramatically changing' lives in response to Chattanooga shootings sends wrong signal. New bill would grant immunity to armed TN National Guard members. Muslims lead donations to families in Chattanooga shooting at Nashville event.
Samuel Jackson to emcee benefit concert for July 16 attack victims. Makeshift Lee Highway memorial to servicemen cleared. Permanent memorial to slain servicemen on Lee Highway. A gunman warped our history, now we must shape our future. Chattanooga slayings prompt state, federal changes on military members being armed in U. The moment the call comes in: responding to an active shooter. Berke: Moments of crisis revealed Chattanooga character.
Chattanooga Can Build On Unity. Biden calls shooter 'perverted jihadist' at memorial in Chattanooga. Chattanooga holds memorial service for fallen service members.
Biden to speak at Chattanooga memorial service, security heightened. Pam's Points: Weekend of tributes can lead to healing. Concert to benefit shooting victim's families Sept. Details falling into place for Biden visit, memorial to Chattanooga's fallen heroes.
Greeson: A weekend filled with reasons to forever remember all our heroes. Secret Service orders all Chattanooga traffic cameras to go dark Saturday. Photos: UTC retires flag that flew at half-staff in mourning for Chattanooga's fallen five. Vice president to attend ceremony honoring five fallen military servicemen. Sixty-five-foot-tall sculpture will commemorate victims of July 16 attack.
Tennessee Senate Republicans: Radical Islam is the enemy. Cruz says if he becomes president he'll stop trend of 'radical Islamic terrorism'. Memorial for slain servicemen to be held Saturday. Top Pentagon brass to attend one-month anniversary of Chattanooga attacks.
Wiedmer: World Cuppers' exhibition can still help our fallen heroes. Kimball approves assistance donations, including Chattanooga Heroes Fund. Chattanooga Sings for Hope concert raises money for victims' families. Motorcyclists go on charity ride to honor slain Marine. Cook: As we lay dying. An open letter to Chattanooga from Adm. Jonathan W. Healing but scarred: Marine wounded in July 16 attack back to recruiting.
Hundreds in Arkansas gather to remember slain Marine Staff Sgt. David Wyatt. Permanent memorial will be dedicated on one-month anniversary of July 16 attacks. Navy plans to station armed guards at reserve centers across U. Some recruiters will be packing 9 mm handguns under new Tennessee guidelines. Guardsmen with valid permits can now carry guns at facilities. FBI scales back its presence in Chattanooga following July 16 rampage.
GOP pushes back on 'politically correct' labeling of extremist attacks. Wiedmer: Let U. Soccer be a Chattanooga hero. Local artist to paint mural honoring slain military servicemen. Chattanooga Sings For Hope concert remembers the fallen, honors first responders. Al-Qaida calls for more lone wolf attacks, praises Chattanooga shooter.
Haslam: Most Americans wouldn't resent serviceman for shooting at Abdulazeez. Petition to honor servicemen who fired personal weapons at Chattanooga gunman hits 20, signatures.
Navy: Officer has not been charged for firing personal weapon at Chattanooga gunman. An offering of art: Illinois artist responds to Chattanooga shootings.
After July 16, tragedy became politics. What's in a name? The absence of terror label after attacks sparks national debate. Ali: Mentally disturbed, Muslim criminal. July 16 tragedy united community and brought out Chattanooga's best. Charitable cottage industry springs up in wake of shooting rampage. Navy officer confirms he shot at Abdulazeez with his personal weapon.
Bond between Chattanooga, Port Angeles grows: 'It's almost like we're sister cities'. Business Bulletin: Fundraiser scams hit Chattanooga area in wake of tragedy. Defense secretary calls for review of security policies in wake of Chattanooga shootings. Port Angeles woman presents Chattanooga mayor with 20 sympathy banners. White House petitioned to honor Chattanooga servicemen who fired back at gunman. Chattanooga Freedom Float planned to raise money for heroes in July 16 attack.
Chattanooga Marines return to work after attack. Port Angeles group hand-carries 16 signed sympathy banners to Chattanooga. Last of the five slain military servicemen is laid to rest at National Cemetery. The funerals are over, but closure is ongoing. Dropkick Murphys honor fallen Massachusetts Marine.
Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan is laid to rest in Massachusetts hometown. Fleischmann announces bill to award Purple Hearts to shooting victims.
Are we helping extremists recruit our lost children? No easy answers forthcoming when the mind's involved. Funeral held for Chattanooga shooting victim Sgt. Thomas Sullivan. The youngest hero: Thousands gather for funeral of Skip Wells. Bravo Network star visits Chattanooga, lends some of her ample strength to wounded community.
Smith: Beauty through Brokenness — Chattanooga's Choice. After the vigils, the real work begins. Homegrown: The new threat to America comes from within. As threats to Muslims mount, Pentagon asks civilians to stand down. Mother of Sgt. David Allen Wyatt says thanks to Chattanooga. Gerber: A national tragedy in our backyard. Legislators across the country responded to the protests, which have been conducted in more than 40 states, by passing laws that seek to prohibit such protests during the hour before and after a funeral procession.
Many of the laws also impose a distance requirement — often feet — on such protests. Opponents counter that the legislation was passed to suppress the free expression rights of an unpopular group. The first funeral protest law was passed in Hamilton 10th Cir.
Bush signed in May and December , respectively. More than 40 states have passed funeral protest laws. Numerous challenges have been filed to these laws on First Amendment grounds. The Westboro Baptist church had some initial success challenging certain funeral protest laws in Kentucky and Missouri. However, in more recent decisions, particularly at the federal appeals court level, the ordinances survive review.
In , the 6th U. Strickland The 6th Circuit compared the funeral protest law to the law prohibiting picketing outside private residences upheld by the U. Supreme Court in Frisby v. Schultz In , the 8th U. And taking you with him! God hates these dark-hearted rebellious disobedient Jews. The Westboro Baptist Church WBC is made up of its leader, Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps, nine of his 13 children the other four are estranged , their children and spouses, and a small number of other families and individuals.
Phelps has maintained tight control over the group. His estranged son Nathan says the elder Phelps abused his children and his wife, cultivating an atmosphere of fear to maintain his authority. They believe that God chooses some to be saved, and those lucky few cannot resist God's call; but God chooses not to save most, and these unfortunate souls will burn in hell forever.
Your prayer every day should be that you might be. And if you are not, nothing you say or do will serve as a substitute. WBC specializes in anti-gay vitriol. Its main website is titled "God Hates F They want to force you by law to support their filth, and they want to shut you up by law when they hate what you say. For example, when two sets of twin girls drowned in Massachusetts in separate incidents in July and August , the WBC blamed their deaths on the state's legalization of same-sex marriage.
The church held its first service on Nov. Fred Phelps raised his family near the church and many members of the Phelps family live in houses on the WBC compound. These houses are arranged in a box formation and share a large backyard. In , Fred founded Phelps-Chartered, a law firm that has come to represent the church in its civil suits. All five of the firms' attorneys are his children. The Kansas Supreme Court disbarred Phelps in , stating that Phelps showed "little regard for the ethics of his profession.
The WBC came to public attention when it began its "picketing ministry," meaning their practice of holding controversial protests to raise awareness of the church and its beliefs. In line with their belief in predestination, the pickets are not aimed at winning followers, but only at warning them of their coming damnation.
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