The U.S.
Supreme Court
ruled
against Fred Phelps
this week. The antigay pastor had attempted to
erect a statue
in a government plaza in Kansas condemning homosexuality and
slain student Matthew Shepard.
Phelps' monument
read, "Matthew Shepard Entered Hell October 12, 1998, in
Defiance of God's Warning 'thou shalt not lie with mankind as
with womankind; it is abomination.' Leviticus 18:22."
The Supreme Court ruled
unanimously that government parks receiving monument donations
are not required to accept every offer.
Last month Phelps and
his daughter Shirley Roper-Phelps were
prevented from entering the
United K
ingdom
to protest a production of
The Laramie Project
because of their extremist behavior.