As much as I detest these beasts, I cannot disagree with the decision provided it is public land.
As another poster said, there are various ways to counter it.
I went down to Washington DC last Veterans Day, and stood with the DC Chapter of Free Republic across the street on the road leading to Arlington National Cemetery. On the other side, there were the Westboro Baptist people.
I admit, part of me had a morbid curiousity about it...did they really exist? Could people really be that twisted? I had never actually seen them in person, so...there was something about reality.
There were only about ten of them, fenced in on the other side, and the Patriot Guard stood 3 or 4 deep all the way around their cage with their backs to them, completely blocking view of them to the point you couldn’t even see their signs. Eventually, the police came over and told them they couldn’t stand like that, they had to keep moving, so they began walking the circumfrence of the cage.
As we watched, one of the big biker guys with the Patriot Guard said “Watch this...” and as he and five of his buddies got on their Harleys, the crowd parted on the other side.
When there was a break in the traffic, they all drove directly across the street, straight at the cage at a pretty good clip...looked like they were intent on smashing right through the barricade.
At the last second, they swerved, swung back into the road, and then in unison, all backed their bikes up so all six of them were abreast with their exhaust pointed at the Westboro Baptist people about five feet away.
The began revving their engines, making an unbelievable racket, with the exhaust blowing back over the Westboroids. The cops let it go on for about five minutes, then came over and told them to stop.
It was great.
If flag-burning is protected free speech, so is Harley-revving ...
“...The began revving their engines, making an unbelievable racket...”
LOVE the bike method...Excellent!!!