Okay,so I was reading Time Magazine this morning and found this article about some religious group protesting with signs like,"Go to Hell!"and,"Thank God For Dead Soldiers",as well as others.Then they say they are anti-Semitic,anti Christian,and anti-American.At that point,I was seriously offended.What do you think about it?
They do have freedom of speech on there side. However so do we.
Yeah they have freedom of speech. But how do you think a 10 year old daughter at her recently deceased father's funeral, a man who had died in Afghanistan, is being insulted and told that he is going to Hell, feels about this? It is an outrage. These people have no class.
I don't have any respect for people who picket at Military or any one else's funeral. It's not up to them to play God, so to speak, by judging people... It's cruel to the mourners at the funeral as well as disrespectful to those who gave their lives to keep our country free.
Can we execute these assholes? Free speech is one thing, to disrespect someone who gave their life for you is entirely another. These "eople" are the reason that half the world hates Americans.
Free speech is one thing, to disrespect someone who gave their life for you is entirely another. These "eople" are the reason that half the world hates Americans.
I agree with this statement, but execution? that's a little extreme.
Is there an actual point (as far as the law is concerned) where it ends? The amendment is pretty vague - 'Freedom of Speech' sounds like you can say exactly what you want, when you want and to who you want.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It mentions peaceably to assemble. So, I would say they have the right to be there and I'm not aware of any federal law that could counter them attending funerals in such a manner. In reality, we are just arguing that it is disrespectful and it is terrible that the law can't do anything about it.
Sounds like fun. Someone should make a thread for it - we could start out with the basic premise of a parliamentary system and then work on it or change it - deciding who should be the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary arms of government. If the Head of State should be the Head of Government too. It would be fun to see what the end result turned out like. We could make our own Constitution too.
