Help sue the Westboro Church
Posted by Moonage on 27 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Opinions, People
I have written a few times about Westboro Church. They are disgusting and abusing religion in the worst possible way. Well, one father of a slain soldier has had enough. Albert Snyder, father of Matthew Snyder, is suing Westboro for disrupting his son’s funeral. I am 100% in support of Albert’s lawsuit. However, he’s an average guy with somewhat limited resources and needs help.
You can help by going following this link.
Please do.
November 1, 2007 UPDATE: Snyder won his case! However, some are feeling that free speech advocacy might win out in the long run. However, this ain’t your typical free speech. This is verbal assaults intentionally aimed at the families of someone who has just died. Twenty-two states have placed limitations on these idiots because it so out of the expectations the Founding Fathers had in mind. They can say whatever the hell they please. But, there is no logical reason on this Earth that they should have the legal right to say it DURING and AT a funeral. None. Let them say it all day and night in Topeka Kansas. The Constitution does not guarantee the right to say what you want, WHERE you want. And, saying some things will get you in trouble. That’s already proven and accepted by the Supreme Court. Assaulting someone is not protected by the Constitution. Never has been.
2 Comments »
on 01 Nov 2007 at 10:58 am 1.James Joyner said …
But saying idiotic things about gays at a funeral isn’t assault, it’s just idiotic speech. Further, this was a public place — outside the cemetery, not inside — and the protesters had every legal right to be there.
I agree that they’re scumbags but allowing juries to award insane damage awards to those offended by unpopular speech is a slippery sloe, indeed.
on 01 Nov 2007 at 11:17 am 2.Moonage
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It’s not that I think it’s unpopular or distasteful, I feel that way about Keith Olbermann. It’s that by the nature of what they are doing, it’s an individual attack purely intended to cause emotional harm. That is not what the intent of Freedom of Speech is. Just because someone assaults you in public doesn’t make it legal.