Sure....make a joke. hahahaha.....
But this magnet thing really confuses some people!! Have you no compassion??
Sure....make a joke. hahahaha.....
But this magnet thing really confuses some people!! Have you no compassion??
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The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
Give them their right to protest. Just make sure that they are confined to protest pens located nowhere near the funeral. heck, they do it to anti-war protestes, Code Pink protesters, and World bank/IMF protesters. So why not here ?
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
The government is the only ones who are prohibited from interfering with protected speech. Both of the groups have a right to peaceably assemble. And, the government is the only ones prohibited from interring, as long as no other laws are being broken (ie assault, ie spraying another group with pepper spray).
Again, I despise the Phelps clan, but they have every right to protest. I might not agree with a word they say, but I will defend to the death their right to say it.
Simple solution: Bury the fallen soldier far enough into the cemetery to require Rev. Dumbshit to go onto the property. Owner of cemetery then has Phelps & Co. arrested for criminal trespass. Then have the sheriff require cash bail, with sourcing statements. Not only do they have to tap the offshore accounts, law enforcement/IRS/ KS tax officials will then have the account numbers.
Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.
In my heart I want to agree with you Cor, but the infringement of one persons civil rights is an infringement on all, no matter how much I disagree with them and no matter how much I dislike them. And believe me, I really don't like these disgusting barbaric people.
OTOH, here, if a Law Enforcement Officer tells you to do something, and you ignore him or refuse, you are subject to arrest. They can make a complaint later, they can sue, but at that time, they must comply. They have no right to 'interpret' the officers order in any way, nor is it subject to argument. It may be arbitrary, but dems the breaks.
Then again, carrying signs like "Rot In Hell Wurtsboro Scum", "Phelps is a Fornicating Pig" "Phelps, come get your Ma's Panties" and "Phelps is Gay" might do the trick. The last one isn't an insult, but Phelps would think so. That's free speech too.
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Burials here are also protected under our law.
Not that we have those idiots here, but our law gives extra rights to burial processions, must be our Catholic/Lutheran background.
For a demonstration you need a permit, 99.9% of the time that permit is given, but I'm sure in this circumstance no permit would be given, any demonstrator ignoring the law would find himself in custody before he could blink an eye and have his sign up.
I think we differ in opinion here John, they are free to protest anywhere with their bigotry slogans but not near the funeral procession.
Doing that they infringe on the right of the people attending the burial.
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