Image via WikipediaRelated source » Arizonans Rally to Prevent Westboro Church Disruption of Shooting Victims' FuneralsLet's get serious for a moment, shall we? I acknowledge that freedom of speech and all the other individual freedoms enumerated in our Constitution's Bill of Rights are nearly sacrosanct. But even the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments have limits of applicability.
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“But when the church announced it would picket the funeral Thursday for the 9-year-old girl fatally shot over the weekend at a Tucson grocery store by a gunman who allegedly killed five others and injured 14 others attending a town-hall session by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson- and Phoenix-area residents started organizing immediately. […] The Westboro church, led by Fred Phelps, believes that tragic events like the deaths of soldiers are punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. The Supreme Court last fall heard arguments in a case brought against Phelps by the father of a soldier killed in Iraq whose funeral was protested by the group in 2006. […] The court is expected to issue a ruling soon on whether free speech can be curbed at specific locations and events.”
— By Judson Berger, January 11, 2011 (foxnews.com)
These nuts led by Fred Phelps comprise indecent exposure by their very presence. And if that isn't sufficient to pass Constitutional muster, how about "incitement to riot"? Even biker gangs are offended by these execrable creatures.
Can we please stop being the world's laughing stock for our inability to be reasonable? Freedom was never intended to serve as a straightjacket.
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