Tuesday afternoon members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas attempted to obtain a permit to protest at the funeral of Cpl. Joseph Logan who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on January 19.

The funeral to be held at 3 p.m. today at the Willis Community Center in the 600 block of Gerald in Willis. Six members of the protest group plan to be at the intersection of Gerald and Longstreet Road and say they wish to protect their First Amendment rights.

Texas Law states a person commits an offense if, during the period beginning three hours, rather than one hour, before the funeral service begins and ending three hours, rather than one hour, after the service is completed, the person engages in picketing within 1,000 feet of a facility or cemetery being used for a funeral service.