OLATHE, Kan. -- President George W. Bush signed "America's Fallen Heroes Act" Monday, which prohibits protestors from getting closer than 300 yards to the entrance of a national cemetery.

The law is in response to a Kansas church group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, that protests at military funerals. The group claims that the deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world, is an indication that God is angry with America for its tolerance of homosexuals.

"They and others like them do a great disservice not only to veterans, but to the families of service members who have lost somebody in the present war," said the Rev. James Akers, former national chaplain for the American Legion.

Akers was a guest speaker Monday at a Memorial Day ceremony in Olathe, where a new monument was dedicated to honor four military men of God who went down with a ship in World War II after having given up their own life jackets to let others live.

But it is the present war and those killed fighting it that Fred Phelp's church has targeted. Lawmakers have tried to target Phelps' group.

"And rightfully so. I can't think of anything worse than making a protest when we're trying to honor someone," Akers said.

Violators of the America's Fallen Heroes Act could face up to $100,000 in fines and up to a year in prison.