Free speech. All for it. But lets face it, there ARE limits. The old "you can't yell 'FIRE!' in a movie theater unless there really IS a fire", makes perfect sense to everyone, regardless of their IQ level
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The sad thing is that these folks have been doing the same "shtick" since the 80's but until this time no one cared. I'd been at two friends funerals where they were at but since they had died of aids everyone not GLBT or of the aids/hiv communities thought it was their Right to do it. It's hardly surprising the Phelps Clan(and they are, there are very few ofthat church that aren't part ofthe family)is so Brazen....folks let them "Do Their Thing" for 30 yrs without a slap on the wrist. Oh, and those kids are the kids of the kids that were at my friend's funerals. Truth, Patrick Thomas Duffy
Allow them to say it as loud as they want. But not at the graveside or other memorial services. That way, free speech is preserved and so is the dignity of the trooper and family members.
I hate, hate, hate having to say a single word that can sound like I am defending these monsters.
It is my understanding that these "protests" happen on public property, some distance away from the actual services. If this is true, then what they are doing is merely sickening and offensive, not illegal.
However, I am appalled that the lower court ordered the family to pay the "church's" legal expenses. I think that anyone who engages in inflammatory and offensive behavior runs the risk of being sued by those they harass. The first amendment might protect them from governmentally sanctioned punishment, but it doesn't protect them from negative impact of others reacting to what they say.
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..f*c%ing monotheists.
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It's hardly surprising the Phelps Clan(and they are, there are very few ofthat church that aren't part ofthe family)is so Brazen....folks let them "Do Their Thing" for 30 yrs without a slap on the wrist.
Oh, and those kids are the kids of the kids that were at my friend's funerals.
Truth,
Patrick Thomas Duffy
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It is my understanding that these "protests" happen on public property, some distance away from the actual services. If this is true, then what they are doing is merely sickening and offensive, not illegal.
However, I am appalled that the lower court ordered the family to pay the "church's" legal expenses. I think that anyone who engages in inflammatory and offensive behavior runs the risk of being sued by those they harass. The first amendment might protect them from governmentally sanctioned punishment, but it doesn't protect them from negative impact of others reacting to what they say.
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