protesting funerals

[Eager Beaver]

I recieved an e-mail yesterday evening asking help for a fellow parishener from our Church. Stacey Klinger(a public school teacher) was run over by a SUV and died from her injuries. A fellow teacher of her's belongs to our Church. It seems that the Westboro Southern Baptist Church members are going to protest her funeral, because she teaches at a public school and they teach tolorance towards gays and gay marriage. They want enough people to line the street so these people can't get close enough to bother the family.
How can anyone condone protesting at a funeral for our teachers or military soldiers funerals, which they have been doing here.
They hide behind the 1st amendment that the soldiers fight to maintain so they can protest against them.
They should make a law to outlaw this type of behavior as with, can't hollor fire in a crowded theater, or make it a hate crime, which is what it really is. EB

["G"]

I agree Beav

[J_ROW]

X2

[gabowman]

Yep, I agree. Never seen such down here in my neck of the woods. I can tell ya it wouldnt go over very well, that's for sure. They'd be fighting and maybe even killing over something like that here.:rolleyes:

[gabowman]

Question....WHY does the law allow those types of protests anyway?!? It's plain un-American to protest a funeral. If they want to protest something then it should be the gov't for allowing such teachings in the schools in the first place.

[crappiedoc]

I've moderated myself on this one. EB get a group of protesters up and go protest the protesters. Don't cut any corners, let the world know what they've done, let them see what its like when this BS happens. Kinda like "eye for an eye", video and take pictures and post them for everybody to see. Remember a picture is worth a 1000 words, and with pictures you can tell what you want to tell, because pictures can be very misleading. Pretty soon these people will get enough static from employers, friends, and such that they'll discontinue their EVIL doings. I guess what I'm saying is make them accountable for their actions. I'd tell ya to throw rocks at em, but they'de just crawl under them.

[Don G]

I recieved an e-mail yesterday evening asking help for a fellow parishener from our Church. Stacey Klinger(a public school teacher) was run over by a SUV and died from her injuries. A fellow teacher of her's belongs to our Church. It seems that the Westboro Southern Baptist Church members are going to protest her funeral, because she teaches at a public school and they teach tolorance towards gays and gay marriage. They want enough people to line the street so these people can't get close enough to bother the family.
How can anyone condone protesting at a funeral for our teachers or military soldiers funerals, which they have been doing here.
They hide behind the 1st amendment that the soldiers fight to maintain so they can protest against them.
They should make a law to outlaw this type of behavior as with, can't hollor fire in a crowded theater, or make it a hate crime, which is what it really is. EB

We have lost our "Common Sense"

[MePreach]

I agree 100% EB!

[Fisherman_Wantabe]

Question....WHY does the law allow those types of protests anyway?!? It's plain un-American to protest a funeral. If they want to protest something then it should be the gov't for allowing such teachings in the schools in the first place.

There's the answer! But half the gov't is GAY!
But after thinking about that for a little bit, I guess I would be gay too,
after looking at Nancy for a while.

[S10CHEVY]

They tried to protest a military funeral this past week, and a lady from the town of aobut 2000 found out that they had applied for a permit, and the location of it. So she got about half the town to show up, and park vehicles where they were suppose to be. People also came from California to help, and it was mentioned some came from Australia to help too. When gaps needed to be filled in they used big American flags, holding onto the ends of them to take up space. So the group showed up, and when they seen all the people there, they left. It is probably the best way to deal with this idiot group, by confronting them face to face.