I think what the Westboro Baptist Church is doing is totally WRONG and they have no place at Elizabeth Edward’s or any funeral...OK that being said let me play devil’s advocate.
The flip side is, I thought the left was all for freedom of speech..any speech, no matter what speech, do not hold back speech...........I think Westboro Baptist Church is wrong for going but you would think the left would embrace it...just saying.
I think you’re stretching to make a left/right argument where there is none. I haven’t heard a single serious person on either side support Fred Phelps, but nor have I heard anyone saying “There ought to be a law.”
Everyone should know the difference between condemning speech and banning it.
It’s ironic that folks who support killing babies in the womb find the Westboro crowd as vile and disgusting as do I.
I’ll accept that common ground for the moment.
The ACLU has been known to defend hate groups in the past-—like the Nazi’s wanting to march through Skokie IL 30 years ago-—but they generally need to be PUSHED real hard to act.