Fred Phelps' son condemns Westboro's plan to picket Newtown funerals
Mourners embrace outside Green Funeral Home in Fairfield, CT during the funeral for Noah Pozner, a victim of the Newtown shootings. RNS photo by Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
(RNS) The estranged son of a pastor famous for protesting the funerals of soldiers and AIDS victims has condemned his family’s plans to picket funerals of shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., but says local leaders should "let them show up'' instead of trying to ban them. By Kimberly Winston.