A federal judge rejected a funeral-picketing church?s second attempt to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by the father of a Westminster Marine one year ago this week.

U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett on Monday denied a motion to dismiss the case filed in April by Rebekah Phelps-Davis and Shirley Phelps-Roper, two daughters of the Rev. Fred Phelps, founder of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan.

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