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Agreed. Their political activism should negate their tax exempt status as it is.psijac wrote:Like the stolen valor act this is well intentioned but counter to the 1st amendment.
If congress really wanted to nail Westboro Baptist Church revoke their tax exempt religious status and tax them to death with burdensome healthcare mandates. Like they are doing to the rest of the country
Pawpaw wrote:What we really need is a SCOTUS ruling that beating the snot out of protesters is free speech.
I'm with you Pawpaw...I've read before that several of these WBC folks have legal training and a very large part of what they do is designed to incite violence...then, when they get "roughed up", they can sue the municipality for not protecting them and their "free speech rights" to protest, OR that the municipality itself would, in trying to protect the funeral, do something to the WBC folks so that they would have an avenue to litigate about it. I wish I could find the link again where I read about this...the person who wrote the article seemed like they did some serious research into the background of these people...all this stuff about the military and folks' "orientation" was calculated to cause the most amount of irritation and upset, and emotions are already running high at a funeral for a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine...and like it was said above, I think the "human walls" and the groups of Patriot Guard riders are just as effective at blunting the effectivity of these vile trash as any law Congress may try to create. IF those WBC folks' KNEW they couldn't get anything out of this dirty little business of theirs, then they just might knock it off once and for all, and let these families grieve in peace.Keith B wrote:Pawpaw wrote:What we really need is a SCOTUS ruling that beating the snot out of protesters is free speech.
And thanks for the complements on the daughter. I am pretty proud of her. However, she is a Journalism major, so hoping she can keep her conservative values and not drink the liberal media Kool-Aid. Luckily she wants to go into magazine editing, in particularly bridal magazines. Hopefully she can get a job with Southern Bride or another wedding magazine in the south where they understand that a Winchester 101 and wedding gown CAN compliment each other.
You need to lock your daughter up or at least make sure she is well-armed!Keith B wrote:And thanks for the complements on the daughter. I am pretty proud of her. However, she is a Journalism major, so hoping she can keep her conservative values and not drink the liberal media Kool-Aid. Luckily she wants to go into magazine editing, in particularly bridal magazines. Hopefully she can get a job with Southern Bride or another wedding magazine in the south where they understand that a Winchester 101 and wedding gown CAN compliment each other.
Amen brother. That's how America used to be. We dont need any more laws, especially to legislate behavior.Blindref757 wrote:I agree that I don't want Congress involved. These "human shields" are working just fine. It is time that WE stand up and fight this junk...not expect Congress or the police to do it for us.
If burning the American Flag is covered under the 1A then I don't see why this shouldn't be either.Pawpaw wrote:What we really need is a SCOTUS ruling that beating the snot out of protesters is free speech.
