I already asked this in C&G, but I wanted to post it here too because I like this section:-) Also because the LGBT community is the unfortunate target of their hateful actions.
Phelps and his church have a right to believe as they wish. They have a right to protest and try to spread their message if they want - it's protected under free speech. But does free speech really encompass their picketing of funerals?
They have plenty of other platforms, and no one tries to silence them. They make fools of themselves quite well on their own without the courts taking away their right to free speech. But when they do it at funerals, it crosses a line. What about the rights of the family? What about the poor mother who is mourning her son or daughter?
Free speech is the ability to speak without censorship. Is it really censoring them to say they can't picket funerals?
I ask because some say the $11million verdict against them will be thrown out under free speech.
2007-11-02
03:13:21
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