As early as next week we could get a ruling from the high court in regards to Fred Phelps and his band of merry hate mongers from Westboro Baptist Church:
The court is set to decide whether members of a fundamentalist church in Kansas who picketed Matthew’s funeral with signs bearing anti-gay and anti-Catholic invective have a constitutional right to say what they want.
Or, in intruding on a private citizen’s funeral in a hurtful way, have the protesters crossed a line and given Snyder the right to collect millions of dollars for the emotional pain they caused?
The justices will hear arguments in the case next Wednesday.
This will provide an interesting conundrum for the more conservative justices. They claim to be “constitionalists”, and as despicable as Westboro is, they are exercising their first amendment right. On the other hand, the main target of these “protests” are those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. The question boils down to if we have a right to mourn in piece or not. Hopefully they do the right thing and rule against the idiots that are Westboro Baptist.