http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/westboro-baptist-church-w_n_830209.html Its not a surprise they won the appeal, but im surprised it was an 8-1 ruling. It was Bushes appointed Alito who dissented. Im sure a few posters will disagree with this ruling.
as much as i dislike Westboro...i LOVE that this is a value of the country my ancestors immigrated to.
Lots of mixed thoughts on this... I don't disagree with the decision but it certainly seems meaningless as well; just fluff meant to give a good impression on free speech rights and the role of "public debate".
http://www.ksn.com/mostpopular/stor...-against-Westboro/CqFdhMBdXEO5MLLbZ62ewQ.cspx There were a couple of dozen senators, including Reid who thought otherwise.
i'm proud to defend their right to act like asshats. i'm more proud of my right to call them asshats, though.
This is the foundation of our country. We 'have' to allow the KKK to march, christians to tell us we're murdering babies, idiots wanting to say Obama was not born in the US... the nut-baggiest amongst us has a right to express their opinion. what are ya gonna do?
...but do they have that right at the funeral of an individual? When their intent is nuisance. Isn't there also some implied right of privacy or some such thing? The 1000 foot bubble doesn't seem big enough. This is one of those decisions that I reluctantly accept as probably being in the best interest overall. But I'd not necessarily stop someone from slapping those ****ers.
Sarah Palin finally found a SCOTUS decision she disagrees with. Took her 2 years: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/sarah-palin-westboro-bapt_n_830485.html Sarah Palin responded to a ruling issued by the Supreme Court on Wednesday upholding an appeals court decision that protesting outside military funerals is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. "Common sense & decency absent as wacko "church" allowed hate msgs spewed@ soldiers' funerals but we can't invoke God's name in public square," wrote Palin on Twitter shortly after the ruling was struck down.
