Sentences with phrase «protest at any funeral»
He and his followers at the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, made a name for themselves in the 1990s by protesting at the funerals of gay people who died of AIDS and, more recently, by protesting at the funerals of military officers.
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A Kansas church that attracted nationwide attention for its angry, anti-gay protests at the funerals of U.S. military members has won its appeal at the Supreme Court, an issue testing the competing constitutional limits of free speech and privacy.
It looks like that group of strange, angry people who protest at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who've died fighting for our country.
It is in poor taste to do any protest at any funeral.
Westboro Baptist is not a real church, they are hiding behind the appearance of an organized church, but there are no members besides Fred Phelps family, they do not have a place of worship, their sole purpose is to protest at funerals, of gay people and members of the military, which is not protected by the first amendment, it is harassment of people on the worst day of their lives, when they have to bury a loved one.
I would gladly crack some of their heads if they protest at a funeral I'm attending.
Not exact matches
The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. (11 a.m. ET) as members of a small Kansas church that protests at military funerals and counter-protesters stood nearly a block away from First United Methodist Church during services for Staff Sgt. Michael Bock, 26, who died August 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
How would they feel if someone came to their loved ones funeral and sonce they worked the deceased was a cop they protest cops, or heck if the person worked at Wal - mart and they came to protest capitalism.
It would be just as logical to rant about how Christians all go around protesting at dead soldiers» funerals, just because of those wackos in the Phelps congregation.
like those «christians» that protested at fallen soldiers funerals.
(CNN)- Fred Phelps - the founding pastor of a Kansas church known for its virulently anti-gay protests at public events, including military funerals - has died, the church said Thursday.
«like those «christians» that protested at fallen soldiers funerals» Just so you know, WASP.
A group of people should protest at the hospital and when he dies, they should protest his funeral.
The Court did NOT unanimously uphold Westboro's right to protest at military funerals.
Should Albert Snyder be able to sue Pastor Phelps for millions of dollars in damages because of the «emotional distress» that Phelps caused by his protest ---- from about 1000 feet away - at Matthew Snyder's funeral?
A funeral is a PRIVATE event o mourning at which these protests should not be protected or permitted.
It's not only military funerals that they protest at, they spread their violent hate wherever they can.
Your idiocy reminds me of those Westboro Baptist Church maroons that protest at soldiers» funerals — you guys seriously need to hit a reset button and take a deep breath.
And how is this extremist lunatic Rabbi any different than the extremist lunatic Christian clergy spewing hate towards gays, or that jerk Phelps who shows up at funerals to protest?
(CNN)- The Supreme Court ruled that a Kansas church whose members travel the country to protest at military funerals, holding signs that say «Thank God for dead soldiers» and «God blew up the troops,» has a right to continue such demonstrations.
Editor's Note: CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears files this report from Washington, DC The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday to find a constitutional balance between free speech and privacy in a case involving provocative anti-homosexual protests by a small church at the funeral of a soldier who died in Iraq.
The Huffington Post: Westboro Baptist Church To Obama On New Funeral Protest Law: There's «Prime Real Estate At 301 Feet» Members of the Westboro Baptist Church once again took to Twitter to react to the new law signed by President Barack Obama on Monday that will restrict one of the group's notorious activities: Picketing funerals of soldiers.
If the Westboro Baptist protests at military funerals is protected speech, then I fail to see how this isn't.
He speaks of members of a small Kansas church who have gained nationwide attention for protesting loudly at funerals of U.S. service members, denouncing homosexuality.
from protesting at deceased soldiers funerals to wanting to burn the Qu «ran.
This just makes me think of those nutjob Christians that protest at soldiers's funerals.
Look at that other idiot in Florida, protesting gays around the country at the funerals for our fallen soldiers.
Officers turned their back in protest when Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the funeral of NYPD officer Wenjian Liu.
Several hundred cops turned away in protest yesterday morning as the mayor delivered his eulogy at the Bronx funeral of slain Officer Miosotis Familia.
Demonstrators tried to disrupt holiday shopping on New York's Fifth Avenue, defying de Blasio's request to suspend protests — at least until after the funerals for Liu and Ramos are held.
DYKER HEIGHTS — Hundreds of NYPD officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he spoke at murdered Det. Wenjian Liu's funeral in Brooklyn Sunday, defying pleas from Commissioner Bill Bratton not to protest as the city and department mourned.
The protest came even after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urged officers — but did not order them — not to turn their backs, following a similar display at Ramos» funeral.
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A recent protest at a TransCanada office used the «surprise and delight» approach, staging a «funeral for the future.»
It won a free - speech battle over those funeral protests at the U.S. Supreme Court in March.