who here supports protesting at funerals??

Question

I DONT! I WAS just wondering who all did and give me a reason for this insane idea..

i agree with everyone i think it is so rude and a horrible disgrace!

rae marie, if you were in the military and you had hundreds of people saying horrible things about you, you would be okay with that?

Answer 1

I support protesting.

Answer 2

I assume you're talking about "Freakshow Freddie and the Inbred Clown Posse" from Kansas. I don't think anyone should be able to protest at any funeral, whether it be for a soldier or for a civilian. It's just not respectable or humane to do that since it distresses the survivors.

I think it's great that the "Freedom Riders", a group of motorcycle bikers come to the funerals to provide a shield between the perverted Phelps clan and the rest of humanity.

Answer 3

It happens at American soldiers funerals. It is disgraceful ...hateful and evil.... I don't support passing laws that prevent people from protesting any place as that compromises all of our Constitutional rights and can lead to further infringements. But, I strongly support groups like the Patriot Guard Riders. They are a group of bikers who attend military funerals to pay final respects to fallen heroes and to ensure that the grieving family is not subjected to this kind of non-sense. Even the most whack-o of pansy a$$ liberal protesters aren't going to f**k with a motorcycle gang.

Answer 4

I can understand the desire to protest, I even participated in a few in my earlier years. And I'm not particularly religious, so I don't think a protest is automatically blasphemous.

But a funeral is NOT for the dead person, it's meant to provide support to loved ones left behind, suffering one of the most vulnerable moments in their lifetimes.

So I think it's an act of cowardice to further assault these grieving people in the midst of their pain. If you want to protest the actions or beliefs of someone, you have plenty of opportunities before or after their death.

Answer 5

Whats the big deal? Death should be a celebration for the deceased passing over to the kingdom of heaven. There is no time people who want to be a downer at a celebration.Just hope that some day you do not have your right of freedom of speech taken because someone who thinks your ideas are insane.

Answer 6

I think funerals are a very private thing, and protesting is very crass and rude. All it will do is make you look foolish, and sway opinion against the protest.

I think people that think it's "fine" to do that would also stab their own mother in the back. I don't get where anyone would think it is fine to do? I mean, it's not illegal, but it is in poor taste. It's not illegal to do a lot of things that are just in poor taste.

Sometimes people need to engage the brain before the mouth. . .

Answer 7

If someone ever protested at one of my family members funerals...especially if something would have happened to my brother when he was in Iraq...I would beat the crap out of them and bust up both of their kneecaps! I'm sure that I would have some help! But afterwards I would just say sorry temporary insanity!! And I would probably get away with it because when you lose someone close to you and go to the funeral you need closure...not a bunch of idiots standing around protesting...I think thats gonna happen someday...someones family member is going to "snap" and beat the crap(or even worse!)out of them damn protesters. Wouldn't hurt my feelings!

Answer 8

Good save...... It is just plain common decency to allow a grieving family their privacy when laying a loved one to rest... Anyone that protests at war veteran's funeral, especially a young man or woman that has given their all so you and I can sleep in peace tonight, does not deserve to live... I am not threatening anyone, that is just my opinion. How dare some perverted assholes turn that into something bad... and deprive the grieving family peace, at the time they need it most, and demean/trivialize their loss... My heart goes out to those families..... and mean, vile thoughts go out to the ones who are responsible for the disruptions... I know we believe in the freedom to express personal beliefs in this country, and I support that right... HOWEVER, desecrating a hero's funeral is hardly something that one should feel free to do, whether they believe in the cause or not... GRATITUDE is what we should feel for our veterans, and I, for one, very deeply appreciate their sacrifice any time they are in harms way.......

Answer 9

Protesting at funerals is disgraceful. I am pretty sure every one here feels that way. The reasoning.. to protest the war and they find the most horrid ways of negative attention because it brings the most attention to their protest.

Answer 10

It's awful. My fiance's best friend died in the service, and there were protesters at his funeral. It's a complete lack of respect, and sheds a negative light on an anti-war movement. Granted, I'm all for "Make Love, Not War," but the lack of decency that those people have should make it hard for them to sleep at night. I couldn't imagine a loved one's funeral being protested.

Answer 11

Funerals are for the living. protests during these are a negative way to get attention, like playing subwoofers in the car.