Arizona House, Senate OKs 'funeral protection zone'

[W1nds0rF0x]

So long Westboro Baptist nutcakes....

http://www.azcentral.com/news/elect...111arizona-shootings-funeral-bill-passes.html

 

[charliepapa]

mixed emotions because of they gray area around 1A but in spite of that I hope this sort of legislation will sweep the country. there's a time and a place for everything and no one should intrude on a funeral.

 

[dantheman]

Awesome !

 

[thatwhichisnt]

mixed emotions because of they gray area around 1A but in spite of that I hope this sort of legislation will sweep the country. there's a time and a place for everything and no one should intrude on a funeral.

I agree that it is totally horrible what Westboro and others do at funerals. It is sickening.

On the other hand, I REALLY do not want government regulating, even more so, free speech on public property. I mean, is it really free speech if you can only exercise it when, where, and how they tell you that you can?

 

[charliepapa]

I agree that it is totally horrible what Westboro and others do at funerals. It is sickening.

On the other hand, I REALLY do not want government regulating, even more so, free speech on public property. I mean, is it really free speech if you can only exercise it when, where, and how they tell you that you can?

are cemeteries considered public property just because the public is usually allowed unrestricted access during certain hours?

 

[dantheman]

are cemeteries considered public property just because the public is usually allowed unrestricted access during certain hours?

I'm just guessing , but I would answer no . Now , if the cemetary is owned by a municipality , then that MIGHT be a different issue .

 

[thatwhichisnt]

are cemeteries considered public property just because the public is usually allowed unrestricted access during certain hours?

I am thinking more of outside the place where they are holding the funeral on the road, outside the cemeteries, etc. That is where the protesting goes on. If they are on private property, screw em lol.

 

[dantheman]

I agree that it is totally horrible what Westboro and others do at funerals. It is sickening.

On the other hand, I REALLY do not want government regulating, even more so, free speech on public property. I mean, is it really free speech if you can only exercise it when, where, and how they tell you that you can?

Can't have it both ways on this issue . Climb down off the fence and take a stand .

 

[thatwhichisnt]

Can't have it both ways on this issue . Climb down off the fence and take a stand .

I know. On cases like this, you have to try to look at it without emotion. If people want to picket on the street then they have the right to do so. However, other people also have the same right to stand in front of them

 

[W1nds0rF0x]

I am thinking more of outside the place where they are holding the funeral on the road, outside the cemeteries, etc. That is where the protesting goes on. If they are on private property, screw em lol.

This law should have zero effect on any free speech. No one who is even only partially sane should want to protest at any funeral.

 

[dantheman]

I know. On cases like this, you have to try to look at it without emotion. If people want to picket on the street then they have the right to do so. However, other people also have the same right to stand in front of them

I guess you're right .

 

[JadeRaven]

1st amendment is not absolute. "Can't scream fire in a movie theater." Etc.

 

[bigjakewelch]

The only question that I have is why the hell are these sorry (explicative)'s going to "protest" a 9 year old girls funeral???? I understand , I don't agree, but I understand why they are "protesting" these other funerals..Homos that died from AIDS.....Soldiers that fought for something that believed in and died for it....... BUT A 9YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL!!!!! If this is their new "Modus Operandi" they are going to be busy. There are little girls dieing every day. Some die from getting sick, some die from car accidents, some even die from Cancer. What was the reason that they have given for the "protest"? Is it because she was shot? Is it because of the publicity that they will receive from this? I am a Christian and I don't see the justice in this. I don't see Christ in this. I don't see Gods hands in this. This is my Honest Opinion.

 

[dantheman]

These clowns have made a lot of money by sueing people that have interfered with their right to protest . The funeral of a 9 yr old girl is about as emotional of an event as you can get . It will be hard for some people to contain those emotions . Maybe that's what they are counting on .

 

[thatwhichisnt]

This law should have zero effect on any free speech. No one who is even only partially sane should want to protest at any funeral.

And most people don't. It just seems to be those 10 inbred idiots that travel the country doing these types of things.

 

[thatwhichisnt]

1st amendment is not absolute. "Can't scream fire in a movie theater." Etc.

That is private property. Different story entirely.

 

[thatwhichisnt]

These clowns have made a lot of money by sueing people that have interfered with their right to protest . The funeral of a 9 yr old girl is about as emotional of an event as you can get . It will be hard for some people to contain those emotions . Maybe that's what they are counting on .

Who wants to take one for the team?

/pulls straws out of pocket.

 

[Speedlace]

The only question that I have is why the hell are these sorry (explicative)'s going to "protest" a 9 year old girls funeral???? I understand , I don't agree, but I understand why they are "protesting" these other funerals..Homos that died from AIDS.....Soldiers that fought for something that believed in and died for it....... BUT A 9YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL!!!!!

They have a belief that that everything bad that happens in America is b/c America allows gays to exist.

Plus protesting @ a dead person burial stirs the pot and gets a lot of publicity.
They want to get a reaction and then sue when someone tries to hurt or block there attempts to protest.

 

[bigjakewelch]

If I was still the man I used to be I would take all of the straws and all of them for the team and never bat an eye just on principal alone.

 

[thatwhichisnt]

If I was still the man I used to be I would take all of the straws and all of them for the team and never bat an eye just on principal alone.

I do not think any of us would bat an eye. Its the life in prison without parol that would stop us.

but then again, with the right jurors