Appeals court affirms limits on funeral protests

CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court has upheld an Ohio law that limits picketing at funerals, rejecting an appeal by Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-gay Kansas congregation that has held protests across the country. Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of Westboro pastor Fred Phelps, argued that a law amended in 2006 by the Ohio Legislature was unconstitutional because it imposed unreasonable restrictions…