From my Illinois Republican Newsletter

ILL Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson :Senate Republicans are urging the Governor to sign the “Let Them Rest in Peace Act” to allow an Effingham soldier to “Rest in Peace” during his funeral later this week.

Warrant Officer Second Class Christopher Donaldson, 28, was among 10 people killed in Afghanistan when a helicopter went down during combat operations.

The “Let Them Rest in Peace Act”, which was unanimously approved by the Illinois House and Senate, would place restrictions on protests at military funeral services in Illinois, by prohibiting loud and inflammatory protests within 200 feet of all Illinois funeral services beginning 30 minutes before a funeral, during a funeral, and 30 minutes after the funeral. The measure, which currently awaits the Governor’s final approval, would safeguard the right of families like Warrant Officer Second Class Christopher Donaldson’s to bury their loved ones in peace.

The “Let Them Rest in Peace Act” was crafted in response to a series of disruptions at military funerals in Illinois and nationwide by members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., a fundamentalist church group at the burials of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The original House bill was held in the Senate Rules Committee by the Senate Democrat leadership until Senate Republican members drew attention to the issue and a compromise was reached.

Dear Governor...
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