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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:20 PM Original message |
48 states: Funeral protests shouldn't be protected |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's a tough one... |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Not too tough at all |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yep, my point exactly |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What they're arguing is not entirely the right to free speech |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. The Constitution doesn't recognize the "sanctity" of any venue. nt |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It does recognize time and place restrictions..... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. "No speech zones" are Constitutionally, okay, though. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. The father didn't even know the protest was going on until after the funeral |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I don't know if that is true of laws in all 50 states. If so, are those laws Constitutional? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I think it is a state by state law |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. +1 |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Yes and No. Free Speech isn't... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Phelps and his merry band of |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Please see Reply #35. (I love the ACLU, too.) |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know how it is legal to begin with.... |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Causing a public disturbance - ha ha ha |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Forty-eight states are idiots. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Then there has never been free speech |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. You know, I considered adding "political" to "free speech", but I figured that most DUers could... |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Thank you! n/t |
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lefty2000 (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Picket the church |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you aren't invited by the family |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Aren't abortion protestors required to stand back so many feet or |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. And it is precisely because of the existence of those laws that you were unable... |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Bullcrap. It wasn't because of those laws. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Completely untrue. n/t |
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Fastcars (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. I Don't Think You Have A Right... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Constitutional government will survive telling the Westboro thugs to take a hike |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Are you kidding??? .... |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. The top-down assaults |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Then someone better tell the SCOTUS to stop using "slippery slope." |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Westboro's protests at funerals |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Only Virginia and Maine declined to sign" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. Funeral protests should be protected. |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Funerals should be sacrosanct. |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Sacrosanct - Not A Good Criteria |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. K&R! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. The fact that Phelps is alive is absolute rockbottom proof that there |
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