[sonic109]

I understand all that . Just saying I think eventually someone is going to clean this guys clock but good.
There has to be 100 legal ways to keep these asshole away from military funerals. Harassment , provocation , disturbing the peace? I’ve seen cops chase people for a lot less.

[pandoraou812]

I agree with you. But it has been going on now for years. Closest thing I ever saw & this was on TV was when the crowd got going & chased them into their van. One guy broke the windshield. It used to be on youtube but many of the WBC videos aren't there anymore.

You would think that there are 100 legal ways to stop this band of kooks. Some states have made them stand down the road. It is very sad for the families of our soldiers. If Fred Phelps & the wbc says America is damned then he & his family ought to leave. They spew hate & nothing else. IMHO is just about money & lawsuits.

[metmom]

I don’t see why municipalities could just pass local laws that nobody is permitted to demonstrate within say a mile radius of a funeral for any reason during the funeral.

That is not the kind of restriction of free speech that violates the First Amendment. Anyone who wants to have their say can simply say it somewhere else AT THAT TIME. They can have their say at that location SOME OTHER TIME.

That is not telling them they can’t express their opinion ever, just not at a time that other citizens need and deserve THEIR rights to privacy and liberty.

The First Amendment was not put in place for deranged nutjobs to hold the rest of the citizenry hostage to their aberrant behavior.