States Pile On Against Westboro Phelps clan

[Emit]

Almost all of the states have signed onto an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, asking that military funerals be protected from the likes of the Phelps clan.

Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have submitted a brief to the Supreme Court in support of a father who sued anti-gay protesters over their demonstration at the 2006 funeral of his son, a Marine killed in Iraq. Only Virginia and Maine declined to sign the brief by the Kansas attorney general. (...)

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http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/06/states-pile-on-against-westboro.html

From the WaPo link:

(...) The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the protesters' message is protected by the First Amendment.

In the brief filed Tuesday, the states argued they have a compelling interest in protecting the sanctity of funerals.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060102596.html

[izquierdista]

1. I can see a unanimous decision

If protesting at funerals is free speech, so is going to a wedding with a bullhorn speaking in favor of gay marriage.

I hope gay activists would not ratchet up their advocacy to that level, much too tacky.

[Richard Steele]

2. Good. The 1st amendment protects expressions of opinion, not verbal assault. K&R

[donco6]

3. Isn't it amazing it's come to this?

How odious do you have to be to have all 50 states filing suit against you? We can't even get Congress to vote against BP.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. And this was started by the DEMOCRATIC AG in Kansas!!

Steve Six is just awesome.