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A visitor to the Supreme Court wears a badge in honor of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, in Washington. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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In a March 19, 2006 file photo, Pastor Fred Phelps preaches at his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., the father of a Marine killed in Iraq, is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, who picketed his son's funeral with signs like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates the USA." The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 in the dispute between Snyder and members of the Westboro Baptist Church. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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** FILE ** In a Sept. 22, 2010, file photo, Albert Snyder, 55, talks about his son, Matthew, a Marine who was killed in Iraq, and about the Supreme Court case that will focus on a lawsuit he filed against Rev. Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church for protesting his son's funeral, in York, Pa. (AP Photo/Ann Foster,File)

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In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, Margie Phelps, right, and her nephew, Gabriel Phelps-Roper, then 10, center, both from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., protest before the start of a memorial service for soldiers killed in combat from the Army's 101st Airborne Division in front of the main entrance to Fort Campbell, Ky. Phelps is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2010, to represent her church in a case that tests the scope of free speech protections under the Constitution's First Amendment. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)

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Audrey Low, 10, of Reston, Va., holds a sing as she watches from across the street as members of the Westboro Baptist Church dance on American Flags at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court was hearing arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Mr. Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this Feb. 8, 2006, file photo, Margie Phelps, right, and her nephew, Gabriel Phelps-Roper, then 10, center, both from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., protest before the start of a memorial service for soldiers killed in combat from the Army's 101st Airborne Division in front of the main entrance to Fort Campbell, Ky. Ms. Phelps is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2010, to represent her church in a case that tests the scope of free speech protections under the Constitution's First Amendment. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)

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Ordained Baptist minister and conservative Republican Michel Faulkner is running against Rep. Charlie Rangel in New York's 15th District. (Photo from Faulkner for Congress)

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THEN: On April 16, 1991, Jewish settlers establish themselves in Revava, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Nearly two decades ago, when Revava was established, the U.S. was trying hard to push Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace agreement. (Associated Press)

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A Palestinian child holds a charred Quran, a Muslim holy book, inside a mosque in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Arsonists torched a mosque in a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Monday, scrawling "revenge" on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of the Muslim holy book in a blaze that threatened to stoke new tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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A Palestinian prays in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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Palestinian police stand by a box of burned Koran books in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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Palestinians look at Hebrew graffiti, that reads 'Revenge', in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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Palestinians look at Hebrew graffiti, that reads 'Mosque toilet 18', with a Star of David in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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Palestinian police carry a box of burned Koran books in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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Palestinians pray in the torched and vandalized Prophet's Mosque in Beit Fajjar, north of Hebron in the West Bank, October 4, 2010, 2010. Palestinian sources said that Jewish settlers entered the mosque and torched the mosque, Koran books, prayer rugs and left Hebrew graffiti with slogans against Arabs, Muslims and Mohammad on the walls. UPI/Debbie Hill

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A Palestinian child holds a charred Koran inside a mosque in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem, on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, after arsonists, scrawling "Revenge" on a wall in Hebrew, torched the mosque. The blaze threatens to stoke new tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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SOMA ARCHITECTS The edifice of the so-called "ground zero mosque" in New York has been compared to "Superman's fortress of solitude."

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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by faithful as he arrives by popemobile to celebrate an open-air Mass at Palermo, Sicily, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. The pontiff paid tribute to a Palermo priest slain by the Mafia and encouraged Sicilians not to resign themselves to deep-rooted evil on the island, where organized crime has held sway for centuries. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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** FILE ** Laura Pollan (right), leader of the Cuban female dissident group Ladies in White, prays during a Mass in Havana, on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Cuba's Roman Catholic Church on the previous Friday revealed the names of four more political prisoners to be released into exile in Spain. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)