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Rev Phelps showed up at the funeral for Lance Cpl Settle, Eugene MO today (4/22/06) and was greeted by several hundred patriotic bikers, FReepers, and many Marines, Army, Air Force and Navy veterans. Phelps and his groupies were immediately surrounded by "the good guys" and blocked with large American flags, our signs and a human wall. When they attempted to sing their bs songs, several bikers pulled up beside them and revved the engines, effectively drowning them out. Our county law enforcement officers and state Highway Patrol Troopers kept the peace but allowed us to peacefully block them.I wish to...

Monument may get new home Phelps' threat spurs mayor's plan to relocate Ten Commandments By Michelle Dynes rep2@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - A City Council resolution has been drafted to remove a Ten Commandments monument from Lion's Park. Mayor Jack Spiker presented the document at a news conference Friday. It will be offered to the City Council on Monday. Since this only will be the introduction of the measure, the council will not hold a discussion on it. It will be passed on to the Committee of the Whole for a recommendation. Spiker said the 10th U.S....

Busloads of antiwar demonstrators from a hundred American cities rallied in the District yesterday, calling for an end to the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and demanding an immediate withdrawal of American troops. Protesters from Maine and Colorado beat drums and chanted "Bring them home and impeach Bush" as they marched past the White House and the Justice Department yesterday afternoon. Many carried homemade placards that read, "Never Prouder to be a Non-Republican" and "Bush Lied — Americans Died." Some donned fanciful costumes to underscore their views. Dr. Alan Meyers, a pediatrician from Boston, came to the rally dressed as a...