Background[]
- Gov. Ed Rendell signed legislation that makes it a crime to demonstrate near a funeral or memorial service in Pennsylvania in June, 2006.
The legislation is in reaction to the picketing of military funerals.
The law allows the filing of civil lawsuits against protesters and it takes effect in 60 days.
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- Funeral protests-plank-Rendell
- Planks about funeral protests from Mark Rauterkus