Sounds like it could be an interesting weekend

[TexKan]

there ya go HW........... I bet it'll be a quite weekend........ the Gov surely knows about him and don't seem too worried if he wrecks families mourning period but I bet she don't let it screw up her weekend. Politicians are like that ya know...........

[Highwayman]

The governor probably wants see a riot break out and use it for an excuse to veto the CCW bill.

[lurker]

They do have a right to express themselves...

They come here as skunks and we have the right to spray them to enhance their persona.

[sas88nak]

I received an email from my friends in Dodge City today. The email stated that the Patriot Guard has asked all that want to help support the family, meet at Legends Ball Field around 12:45 on Saturday.

[sas88nak]

Just read this and wanted to share.

http://www.ksn.com/news/stories/11638058.html

[Detector]

I understand the right to free speech but there needs to be a clear line drawn. Protesting at a funeral is not only tasteless but should, in my opinion, be considered an obstruction. If they want to protest let them do it several blocks away to avoid obstructing the normal activities of the funeral.

I have a tendency to simplify things but then I believe life in general is simple, it just gets complicated by the idiots. For example free speech. Some how we have arrived at the interpretation that we all have the right to be total jerks to each other even is its offensive, but the same free speech does not allow religion/god to be mentioned in certain environments. So how is it become so important religion be stricken from these environments, but yet we site free speech to protect a group of obvious jerks to attend this funeral? My knack at simplifying things tells me since it makes no sense at all, it must be politically motivated.

Do we really believe free speech was intended to protect to right to be jerks to each other? No, but because the Constitution was written, probably with the belief that surely future Americans would know its true intent, simply allowing different interpretations we now protect the right to be jerks and yet can't understand why America is full of jerks. :shakes head: Maybe it take a PHD to understand this but I believe its simply politically motivated.

Like the separation of church and state, another abused thought of our founding fathers, we seem to choose to ignore the obvious intent for no more reason than to protect the right to be jerks to each other. Do we really believe our founding fathers intended this to remove religion/god from any state environment such as schools? No, in my opinion you'd need to be an idiot to believe so. Everything from our money to our national anthem mentions god and yet somehow we are lead to believe it doesn't belong. Give me a break already. This is clearly politically motivated.

So my point is, if picking and choosing our own interpretation of the constitution is normal practice and is clearly allowed, why don't we just decide that free speech has limitations under certain circumstance? I'm mean clearly a Phelps protest at a funeral has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with just simply being a jerk at the worst possible time.

[Made in the USA]

We don't put up with no Crap from "screwballs" out here in DC. If I were Mr. Squirrel Phelps, I would keep my ass outta Dodge. Round up the POSSE, boys!!

[Detector]

Hehe I agree USA.

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...tml#amendmenti) protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference.

Hum, says nothing about public interference

[wordsmythe]

Detector there have already been clear lines drawn on freedom of speech and they don't include censoring a message just because you don't like it, don't agree with it or find it disgusting.

Trust me I don't like the Phelps cult any more than anyone else but I won't support another dent in the Bill of Rights to prove it.

[Detector]

Detector there have already been clear lines drawn on freedom of speech and they don't include censoring a message just because you don't like it, don't agree with it or find it disgusting.

Clear lines? Oh, you mean the ones censoring religion in schools or a government environment. I understand we can censor what we really want to, all we do is twist the constitution to fit our political wishes. Again we have our founding fathers to thank for underestimating the stupidity of future generations and allowing groups like Phelps and the KKK to freely "express themselves" on others with no recourse. I'm sure thats what our founding fathers had in mind