TUCSON, AZ — Gov. Jan Brewer (R) tonight signed a hastily written and passed law aimed squarely at Westboro Baptist Church. The law, which will take effect immediately, aims to deny Westboro — the notorious Kansas church group led by anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps — the chance to disrupt the funeral of a 9-year-old girl killed in the mass shooting in Tucson Saturday morning.
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