Anti-Trump groups among those receiving RNC protest permits
Posted: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:13 pm | Updated: 6:03 pm, Fri Jun 17, 2016.
Associated Press |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two groups opposed to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump were among the first to receive permits to gather at next month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, city records show.
Others include the League of Women Voters; a group that aids immigrants; and Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, which is known for picketing at funerals using anti-gay chants and signs because it believes God is punishing the U.S. and its soldiers for defending a nation that tolerates homosexuality. Peace and anti-racism groups also got permits.
Various groups are seeking permits to demonstrate, march or hold events at nearby parks.
On Friday, a federal judge said he would hold a June 23 hearing on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to clarify the permitting process for the GOP convention that begins July 18.
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