Under that logic, anti-abortion protestors can simply protest on the other side of town, right? Why do they have to stand in front of a clinic where it might upset the staff?
Telling people where they can protest is, in essence, limiting their ability to protest.
You are saying, you can have your protest....but just not anyplace where anyone might see it.
On top of that, what you are proposing is a prior restraint on free speech which is almost always deeemed unconstitutional in any context.
What rock have you been living under?
Abortion protesters have been restricted in their ability to protest for years. There's a local pastor in CNY who went to jail for a month because of his Operation Rescue activities.
There was a thread just recently about a guy who was put in jail for 9 days because he dared to pray silently at a gay rally in a public park. He was told that he could not attend and pray.
If those kinds of activities are not labeled as unConstitutional, when they happen outside a commercial establishment or on public property which allows public access to anyone who wants, then restricting someone from protesting for a couple hours during a funeral at a funeral, is not.
Luke 6:31 "Do to others as you would have them do to you."
The WBC ought to read the Bible & practice what they preach. Would you want them at someone you loved funeral? I wouldn't. Have you seen them? I have & they are evil.
People already have to get permits to protest. Towns can deny them.
They should for all funerals as well, no questions asked. nobody has any business protesting or picketing at an event like that.
The government could at least do one thing right and protect the citizens it claims to represent from the attacks of other citizens.