but if you were to protest at Jerry Falwell's funeral you were going to be arrested?
2007-05-23 01:36:30 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have no clue who is giving all the thumbs down. Makes no sense.
2007-05-23 07:43:10 · update #1
How do you protest death? Protesting a soldier's funeral or any funeral is wrong. The world is better off without Falwell though.
2007-05-23 07:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by Brad Beerdrinker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's right for anyone to protest at any funeral. The religious group you are thinking of that protests military funerals is a small sect out of Kansas. They are in no way affiliated with Jerry Falwell.
2007-05-23 01:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by ladywildfireok 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not right for anyone to protest a funeral. I think it is a certain Church Group that does those protests, and that group protests anything that is not their personal belief. For the loe of God, they were going to protest the funerals of the poor amish kids that were shot! For being Christians, they need to learn some respect and compassion.
2007-05-23 01:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who do this are probably within their legals rights, but they are spiritually bankrupt parasites.
Unfortunately we see this a lot in the U.S., although this example is about as egregious as it gets. But people who feel they need to be heard and aren't being taken seriously sometimes take desperate measures. I am thinking now of the anti-war protesters who "crashed" a St. Patrick's day parade in order to get into an altercation with police and organizers and thus make the headlines. Nobody was listening to their drivel, so they imposed their agenda onto the backs of a legitimate group conducting a legal and permitted parade that had NOTHING to do with the war. These tactics are so blatantly anti-social that they can do nothing but backfire, but the protesters are at a point where passion has transcended reason.
At times, civil disobedience and anti-authority behavior is necessary and, perhaps, even our duty. But turning anyone's funeral into a party to be crashed for promotion of your own narrow agenda is reprehensible. It causes suffering and does nothing to help anyone.
2007-05-23 01:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by buddhamonkeyboy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The funeral of a soldier who was killed because of his duties to fight envaders of his country should not be protested by the religious group. They have no right to protest any funerals done by the government in honor of the soldiers who have sacrifice themselves and thier families for the sake of the country. They should have a heroes funeral. Good works, soldiers.
jtm
2007-05-23 01:44:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wish someone would protest at a funeral of someone i knew. i would get arrested for battery. I say take your views somewhere else. There is a time and a place of everything. what point are you going to proved at a funeral except that your a heartless prick.
2007-05-23 05:11:59 · answer #6 · answered by abstract_alao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not right at all for ANYONE to protest at a funeral ! The person that they are protesting against isn't even aware of the protest. It's the family that is left behind that is left to deal with the invasion. It's wrong no matter who it is,
2007-05-23 01:41:52 · answer #7 · answered by SAS 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's not right for anyone to protest at a funeral. Even as much of a hate monger that falwell was it isn't right to do. The funeral isn't about the dead really, it's about the living and letting them moan for their loss.
EDIT: I just noticed I wrote moan instead of mourn. Sheesh...
2007-05-23 01:41:05 · answer #8 · answered by Janet L 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO! That is definirtely NOT right - shows disrespect for the dead, and his mourning relatives, and put the religious people and their beliefs in a bad light. It would be just as bad for anyone to show disrespect for Jerry Falwell, now that he is dead. Anyone who disrupts any funeral should be arrested and fined.
When my mother died, rude people blew car horns at the funeral procession. That hurt and upset me deeply!
2007-05-23 01:43:53 · answer #9 · answered by harridan5 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually, Fred Phelps' group is the reason more and more districts are making it illegal to protest anything at things like funerals. Not all districts have done so yet. They haven't seen the need to pass such laws, as most sane people don't act this way.
Causing a disturbance at anyone's funeral is grounds to get your *** kicked, if you ask me.
2007-05-23 01:45:57 · answer #10 · answered by Katia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋