After debates between the justices and both lawyers about content and context, Summers explained why he believes the Phelpses' speech falls out of the bounds of First Amendment protection."The private, targeted nature of the speech in our judgment is what makes it unprotected," he said in response to a question from Justice Stephen Breyer. I am so glad someone is finally making sense! The Westboro Baptist Church should be able to protest about whatever they want, but there should be a proper time and place for it.
It literally makes me sick to watch footage of these protesters. As a member of a military family, I'm not sure what I would do if I were ever put in a situation that caused me to have to be in the same area as these "Christians" I am SO very supportive of Freedom of Speech, but this is uncalled for, hateful and honestly the most disrespectful thing I have ever seen. Lets hope the ruling bans these close minded idiots from military funerals at the bare minimum.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Haley. I am not a person of a military family, but I definitely respect those who are and those soldiers fighting for our freedom. I also believe in the Freedom of Speech, but I feel like there is a difference between being able to speak freely and having the cooth to have a restriction on what you say to spare others feelings/the right time to use your 1st ammendment. I hope these "christians" are repremanded and not allowed into these funerals, like Haley said.
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