Westboro Baptist Church Plan Foiled As Arizona Bans Funeral Protests
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Arizona lawmakers have moved swiftly and in unison to prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from carrying out its plan to picket the funerals of Tucson shooting victims. Emergency legislation banning protests at or near funeral sites was signed into law bty Governor Jan Brewer Tuesday evening after it was unanimously approved by the state House and Senate, AP reports.
The bill, which took effect immediately, “will assure that the victims of Saturday’s tragic shooting in Tucson will be laid to rest in peace with the full dignity and respect that they deserve,” Brewer said. The Kansas-based church has vowed to protest Thursday’s funeral for 9-year-old Christina Taylor-Green because “God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America.” A spokeswoman says picketing will go ahead at a nearby intersection, outside the area the new law bans protests in. Volunteer “angels” plan to form a human shield to block picketers from view of family members.
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I’m probably not going to get many people to agree with me on this one, but I actually see this as an illegal, knee-jerk reaction by a state notorious for ignoring the Constitution. It’s a sad circumstance that the Westboro nutjobs will be protesting, but don’t they have that right? I’ll admit that I’m torn on this one, but I find it difficult to deny free speech under any circumstance where it doesn’t directly endanger others.
I detest these asswipes… but I too wondered over 1st amendment rights here. I am a member of ACLU, so I have that sense of Constitution-ality that comes with understanding that even the flag burners and neo-nazi’s have a voice in a free society. Still, how do we make them STOP?
I won’t be disagreeing. As a card carrying member of that commie outfit the ACLU, I feel they have the right to do what they do also. If they can do this to one group, who is to say the next group won’t be treated the same way. Nope, that pesky quaint Constitution thing kinda works for me. I detest what they are doing but they have that right.
finally the state of Arizona has done some thing good…
…finally. I wonder if they’ll continue to do good things. Probably not.