2CavTrooper wrote: “It’s because of the emotional duress inflicted upon the family for one.”
I understand the speech creates emotional duress. This concerns me. What if I say, “homosexuality is a sin” or “unrepentant homosexuals will go to Hell?” It concerns me because a homosexual could then sue me for damages claiming emotional duress.
I suppose there could be a standard here, like community standards. For example, maybe the court bases it on whether the speech is offensive to a typical member of the community. This was a very big issue in the 70s BTW concerning obscenity laws.
“Secondly the funeral was more than likely a private affair and the inbreds “invaded” the family’s privacy.”
As I stated before, I understand laws preventing protests within so many yards/miles of private affairs so long as they are applied equally to all protests. From what I know, Fred Phelps and his church follow these restrictions and limit their protests outside of the state designated funeral areas.
“phelps and his klan of inbreds have no business “protesting” at these funerals because these soldiers are not public officials.”
A soldier is an employee of the federal government. I know it’s legal to protest public officials as well as businesses, so long as you don’t slander or libel them (say untruths that damage their reputation/business).
Are you saying it’s illegal to stand on a public street in front of a neighbor’s house with a sign protesting them? For example, let’s say my neighbor doesn’t cut his grass. Is it illegal for me to walk in the street (not on his property) with a sign saying, “Cut your grass!”
BTW, thank you very much for discussing this politely.
“A soldier is an employee of the federal government.”
A soldier may be an employee of the federal government but that does not make them a public official.
“Are you saying it’s illegal to stand on a public street in front of a neighbor’s house with a sign protesting them? For example, let’s say my neighbor doesn’t cut his grass. Is it illegal for me to walk in the street (not on his property) with a sign saying, “Cut your grass!””
Yeah if you’re doing it without a permit.