Arizona Lawmakers Seek to Block Westboro Protestors
- Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:01pm by
Meredith Jessup
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As the families of the victims of Saturday’s shooting in Tucson prepare to say their final goodbyes to their loved ones, the Westboro Baptist Church is getting ready to deploy protesters to picket funerals, including that of Saturday’s youngest victim, 9-year-old Christina Green. But according to the latest reports, the Arizona state legislature is seeking to limit the infamous group‘s ability to disrupt the victims’ funerals, once again raising conflicting questions over the grieving families’ right to privacy vs. an individuals right to protest.
According to TPM, a bipartisan group of state legislators is working to push through a bill this week that would deny Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptists followers access to the victims’ funerals.
“We’re going to try to protect the families from undue harassment,” Rep. Daniel Patterson, D, told TPM.
Another state House Democratic Caucus aide told TPM that as soon as Westboro’s plans became public, leaders from both parties “got together to work on a way to prevent the church from harassing mourners.”
As you might remember, a federal appeals court last year ruled that picketing was an expression of free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution. Up until this point, Westboro’s funeral pickets have focused mainly on the funerals of American soldiers.
Citing their First Amendment right to free speech, Westboro followers say they use funerals as an “available public platform” to “deliver the message that there is a consequence for sin.”
Though many denounce the church’s actions, the debate over the group’s right to protest has divided the country. Glenn and Pat got into a heated discussion on the issue last October:
In November, residents of a small Missouri town gathered together and successfully blocked the protests of the Westboro Church as one of their community’s military heroes was laid to rest:
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Comments (125)
For my Liberty!
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:07amYeppers…..READ it, it gets REALLY scarey! Especially the order Obama signed Jan of 2010 ….. THIS is the link for the story
http://www.eutimes.net/2011/01/top-us-federal-judge-assassinated-after-threat-to-obama-agenda/ After you read it GOOGLE the docket number or go HERE and you will see it is true.
http://dockets.justia.com/browse/state-arizona/court-azdce/noscat-7/
Report Post »happytobeinaz
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:03amThere are lots and lots of us going down to Tucson to block those Westboro crazies……There is a facebook page, just search “we will not let Fred Phelps or WBC protest any funeral in Tucson”. It’s grown by 1500 members just in the past 6 hours.
Report Post »ClaytonDM
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:19amGod bless you.
Report Post »Iamfedup
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30amI don’t go on facebook, but want very much to be a part of any protest against the idiots of WBC. I’ll drive from Colorado and my sister from California if we can find out how to be a part of it. If there’s another way to get info, please let me know.
Report Post »Those people don’t know the meaning of Christianity, much less decency, and need to be stopped peacefully whenever possible.
Okieflyover
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:57pmRepublicans should have been associating these wing nuts with the Dems’ views a long time ago. If the shoe fits…………………
Report Post »lightening1952
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:56pmKilla from Wasilla…..You are so wrong about this group being from the right….Are you kidding me? These people are evil, hatemongers. They are so prejudice toward many groups and the fact that they have the nerve to protest any funerals is appalling to me. They must be stopped….
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:00amThis Christian hate group belongs to the right and not the left.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:55amYes as repugnant as I find this group of yahoos I do not think the state will be able to stop them. I believe they have the right to picket as disgusting as they are they do have that right.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:00amDo your great state a favor and stop showing that you are from there. You need to do a bit of research as you are dead wrong. They have been involved as campaign workers for democratic president candidates like John Kerry and I believe Al Gore. So take your propaganda elsewhere.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:12amPlease keep telling yourself this, maybe someday you will actually start believing it.
Report Post »Lunar
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:55pmSeriously violence is almost always not the answer. If the right were the crazies here, people like the whole congregation of WBC would all be dead. If WE were the crazies people like these guys wouldn’t be around.
Report Post »It’s wrong to think it but I would have serious trouble finding something wrong with this scenario turned around and the gunman in a certain church.
faithaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:53pm82dAirborne Thats so true.
Report Post »For my Liberty!
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:50pmHow about a little TIDBIT of info ……Judge Rolls, WHY is NO ONE reporting that less than 72 HOURS before he was killed that he had made a critical ruling against the Obama administrations plan to begin the confiscation of their citizen’s private retirement and banking accounts in order to stave off their nations imminent economic collapse, and after having the US Marshals protecting him removed.
NO one is saying a WORD about this. I looked it up on the court dockets and found it IS true!
Report Post »faithaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:52pmNever heard about that, so maybe thats why your not hearing anything about that?
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:59pmThat’s a good info , can you post the link if you can ? + Libs don’t like to hear about that , the loons just wanna keep attacking Palin .
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:02amwow….I’m gonna have to check this out
Report Post »For my Liberty!
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:45pmAhhhhh……so it was OK what they were doing when they were disrupting SOLDERS funerals, but NOW that people were killed at a DEMS political function, they want to STOP them? Strange, One might call that DOUBLE STANDARD.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:49pmThey should be stopped @ any funeral .
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:50pmIt was not OK then it is not OK now.
Report Post »faithaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:50pmI dont think Westboro should be protesting at ANY funeral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:51pmNow you are just talking crazy!
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:38pmHey killa that condum goes on your other head you dork.
Report Post »faithaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:36pmWell if they plan anything of the sort they will not be welcome and I am sure the sheriffs down there or even the people wont let it happen!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:44pmYep I think we can all count on the Pima County Sherriff’s Office to do the right thing!!!!!!!!!!! My money is on the bikers that have a great record of PEACEFULLY shutting these fools down.
Report Post »WeveAlreadyWon
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34pmI think these bastards would qualify for hateful Rhetoric if anyone did…
Report Post »faithaz
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34pmWhat are these Westboro fools protesting, they dont like funerals? I dont get this group of idiots!
Report Post »Firebirdman
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34pmOMG, Did even even Killa come up with a correct conclusion without having any brains for coming up with it? How do these people claim being Baptist, let alone ANY religion that believes in a loving God? They seem to believe in some HATING God…. These people are sooo despicable, I have a hard time understanding how such evil, hating people can even exist. They are deranged beyond belief. As a Christian I should not judge them….not my job…. but Lord……. Get Them…………
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:32pmDoes the Patriot Guard Riders have a local affiliation? When is the funeral? I could see what I can do from MN to help recruit people to head down. I know alot of guys that are really bummed they can’t ride up here right now.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:47pmThat would be awesome , we should all let the word out .
Report Post »TAKEITBACK
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:15amPatriot guard must receive a request from the family to attend. We are generally are committed to military but exceptions have been made. If the legislators want to do something they should impose a minimum distance for the protesters and the amount of time they can be there.
Report Post »COMMIESSUCK
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:31pmYou hope they block them? Typical leftist trash. I have never seen so much hate spew from the left as I have in the past few months. You are so hateful that you would like them to block the funeral. Don’t you need to go change your underwear now?
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:30pm@ BENNOBA
Report Post »I think he’s the same as whiteteaparty , same category of ignorance & brain malfunction .
NickDeringer
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:28pmIt takes all kinds. Keith Olbermann, Reverend Wright, Ed Schultz, Westboro Baptist Church. Journalism has turned into a carnival freak show. Who needs The Onion when reality is turning into a self-parody.
Report Post »bennoba
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:26pmFred Phelps is a registered Democrat and if your screen name is any indication, you are an idiot troll.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:26pmI think the idiots from the Westboro Whatever They Call Themselves are despicable! That said: they do have the right to do it. Just call the bilkers to shoo them away. We don’t need more laws, we need more common sense.
They weren’t in a hurry to stop the protests at military funerals, why now??? Could it be because this horrible tragedy affected one of their own??????
Report Post »Liberalyouth
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:20amit’s the straw that broke the camels back, duh. protesting dead soldiers is awful and protesting the funeral of a little girl is bad too.
Report Post »obama_binpharteen
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:24pmWestboro followers say they use funerals as an “available public platform” to “deliver the message that there is a consequence for sin.”
What kinds of sins did that little 9 y/o girl commit? These people are scum..
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:21amPhelps and his church must be stopped – the government can’t do it because of the 1st amendment rights – but the public can by blocking them from being seen by the families. I hope the people in Arizona will do what is necessary so that the families can grieve without being caught in the middle of a circus. http://wp.me/pYLB7-v9
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:24pmPart of the right of the far left maybe………………………
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:23pmThe Cholla Jumps
by James Kelley
Jared Loughner is a product of Sheriff Dupnik’s office
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This is the report that Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has been dreading since the tragic event on Saturday January 8.
The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident. His blaming of radio personalities and bloggers is a pre-emptive strike because Mr. Dupnik knows this tragedy lays at his feet and his office. Six people died on his watch and he could have prevented it. He needs to step up and start apologizing to the families of the victims instead of spinning this event to serve his own political agenda.
Jared Loughner, pronounced by the Sheriff as Lock-ner, saying it was the Polish pronunciation. Of course he meant Scott or Irish but that isn’t the point. The point is he and his office have had previous contact with the alleged assailant in the past and that is how he knows how to pronounce the name.
Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff’s Office was informed, his deputies assured the victims that he was being well managed by the mental health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Amy Loughner is a Natural Resource specialist for the Pima County Parks and Recreation. My sympathies and my heart goes out to her and the rest of Mr. Loughner’s family. This tragedy must be tearing them up inside wondering if they had done the right things in trying to manage Jared’s obvious mental instability.
Every victim of his threats previously must also be wondering if this tragedy could have been prevented if they had been more aggressive in pursuing charges against Mr. Loughner. Perhaps with a felony conviction he would never have been able to lawfully by the Glock 9mm Model 19 that he used to strike down the lives of six people and decimate 14 more.
This was not an act of politics. This was an act of a mentally disturbed young man hell bent on getting his 15 minutes of infamy. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department was aware of his violent nature and they failed to act appropriately. This tragedy leads right back to Sherriff Dupnik and all the spin in the world is not going to change that fact.
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:29pmWow, what an interesting development.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:35pmHobbs, thanks for the info. And yellowfin i’m getting my speargun out because your name is making me hungry.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:37pm@ HOBBS57
Thank You !!!!!!!!!!!! Great info .
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:45pmI have been telling people all day that the Sheriff’s actions looked like deflection to me. That was the only explanation as to why he even had a press conference as quickly as he did.
Why have a press conference so quickly? What was even known at that point to even have a press conference.
I have also been wondering why it took until today for anyone to go to the parents’ house where he lived? Very interesting to me. If they were so worried about whether there were other people involved, wouldn’t they have made a bee line to that house?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:49pmInteresting…Thanks Hobbs…“We thinketh the Sheriff doth protest too much”…huh?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:51pmThis was posted on another article on here … very interesting … if true this guy is toast.
http://hennessysview.com/2011/01/10/sheriff-dupniks-culpability/#
He will “try” to say it is the “right wing” out to get him .. because of his earlier PLANNED statements .. not going to work this time!
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:53pmYeah, I found another blogger who held out on posting this blog on his site until he checked out the source. I am very interested to see what unfolds here.. Anytime a guy comes out swinging like this sheriff did, make me wonder.. Sounds like he had a run in with the shooter before and I bet you instead of accepting this shooter was mentally ill and dealing with him appropriately , also I am sure the sheriff was friends with the shooters sister who worked for the county, so he didn’t want to have to put her in jail( maybe it is his mother) or put him away, instead, he got angry because he blamed it on who he blames his own life on, because of his liberal blinders, he refused to see the reality of the situation… I bet this why he came out blaming them right away, as if, this is what he probably told the shooters sister or mother , whoever it is that works for the county. I bet this sheriff has blood on his hands and I bet you that he is so LEFT WING that he won’t even accept responsibility for his lack of puttng this shooter away long before. That is the huge divide between liberals and conservative, liberals always want to blame everybody else for their miserable lives, it is never enough for these people. Conservative take life as it is handed to them and take responsibility for it. Liberals seek happiness from outside of themselves, so they blame factors outside of themselves for their miserable state of being, where as conservative find happiness with in, which is the only place it exists anyways, and take responsibility for their life it they make the wrong choices… Sick really sick people… I will do my thesis on this for my doctorate, the intellect has destroyed the earth since Eve partook of the tree of knowledge, to be like God, to know good from bad.. I choose the tree of life, which is of wisdom, not knowledge… May the spirit come into those who we are paying to protect us and move them to understand they have a job to do and that they are doing nobody any justice by letting them off the hook or dropping charges, they believe they are keeping the piece when mean while they are destroying order in our society. This stupid sheriff mentioned the old days when there wasn’t radio stations and tv talking as the right does, this is because we all believed that way, and a sheriff could take a kid home and the parents would deal with the kid appropriately, not like today… to many irresponsible adults , supported by the left, who don’t have time to look after their kids or find it too difficult to discipline them… this has been going on since the 80′s. It can’t go on no more, and this is the voice we here by us, We The People..
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:59pmSorry m, my writing is terrible, I have a migrane coming on and wanted to get this out before I called it a night. Hopefully you can understand what I am getting at ..
Report Post »… May the spirit be with all of you, for the truth will prevail … God Bless ..
Hobbs57
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:05amGood stuff CATB ,,, Sounds like this Sheriff is the problem all along .. This is the problem with so many liberal elected officials. They think they have the right to play God and pick and choose as they wish .. Watch what comes out here … I can only pray the Governor goes after him, he already took shot’s at her in the past… That may just be what causes her to push to nail this crook of a sheriff.. Thanks everybody, together we stand .. God bless you all … I got to get to bed before my head explodes.. Night all
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:22amon KFYI here in Phoenix they brought this up this morning…So, will the DEMOCRATS bring this to everyones attention….not hardly…the DEMOCRATS want to keep up the pressure and keep their lie going for as long as they can..for if you keep telling a lie long enough…..it just might be seen as a “truth” even though it isn’t..
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:33amyellowfin, better watch out, Scuba13 is seeking you out!
Report Post »You do look a little puny though, not much meat on you.
pamela kay
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:47amHOBBS57, I just love the information that the blazers share. This info was great. Thank-you. This guys reputation is tarnished to say the least. Just where exactly are is loyalties? Certainly not to the people of AZ. Sounds like it leans toward the progressives He is betting on their success and believes by making those statements he will be spared from being thrown under the bus along with all the other has beens when they are no longer of any use. Thanks again.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:09amHOBBS57 … feel better soon …!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:46am@ Hobbs57
Report Post »Great post! Thax
CaptGregg
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:35amBefore buying a handgun here in Missouri, one‘s application must be approved by the sheriff’s office. It would seem that Dupnik was criminally derelict in his duty if Arizona has the same requirement.
Report Post »Reagan/DeMint.disciple
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:43am@GRADMAOF5, I, by no means am defending these despicable people.. So I’ll get that out first but, remember if they pass a bill as something like the one you are talking about, then it will also apply to the rest of us.. Say you wanted to hold a “tea party” rally and there are a few idiot leftist politicians that are against the tea party, then they could use that bill in the same manner against even people that are trying to do right.. No, there has to be another way.. Me ? I don’t see it, it’s beyond my pay scale but, someone else may know how to keep these vile despicable people out of places they have no business being in.. Government is not the answer because then you start lose your own rights, and that’s what WE are trying to avoid, no ? Cheers Grandma..
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:06amThis is the real story and hopefully some brave news organization will investigate. What did they know and when did they know it. Could they have charged him with a felony? Well it can’t be legal to make terroristic threats to people. If true, he should have been charged and he wouldn’t have been able to purchase a gun. Maybe Sheriff Dupnik should step down until all this can be sorted out. At the very least Dupnik has some explaining to do. How much do you want to bet that the first time he starts getting questioned about his own competency, he gets tight lipped?
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:10am@CaptGregg : Wow that’s incredible. I wonder if the Sheriff’s office in Pima has the same requirement.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:50amOkay, folks,
To contact the Attorney General’s office :
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne
Office of the Attorney General
Phoenix Office
1275 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602.542.5025
**800.352.8431
Fax 602.542.4085
Tucson Office
400 West Congress
South Building, Suite 315
Tucson, AZ 85701-1367
520.628.6504
Fax 520.628.6530
Politicians figure for every letter (not email) they receive, there are at least five people or more out there who didn’t bother to write. If you are an AZ resident, say so. If you a resident of Pima County, you have lot of political weight in this dog fight. If you are not a resident of AZ, please admit it, but know your letter probably won’t count as much. However, if they start getting sacks of mail about this idiot Sheriff, they will pay attention.
Be polite in the letter, don’t threaten. We want a serious investigation of the Sheriff, not the rest of us. State your objections and be sure to send a copy to Governor Brewer. My letter is written and I am just waiting to be plowed out so I can wade over to the mailbox. If you have access to a fax machine, well, have fun.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:21pmLETS THE CITIZENS EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO TURN THEIR BACKS ON THEM!!!!
No more government intervention!!!
Report Post »exliberalgrl
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:29pmAgreed!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:32pmThis Phelps trash is an incest family .
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:46pmI agree…They have been outnumbered before…WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN…WE SURROUND THEM!!!! We don‘t need no stinkin’ government intervention…It would be unconstitutional to prohibit them! What they are proposing is a very slippery slope indeed!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:47pmThey just need to do what they did a couple of weeks ago .. a COUNTER protest of about 300 people .. .They didn’t last long when counter protested against. I wish I lived nearer I would be there at each funeral …. no government needed ….
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:32amI’ve been wondering if someone could buy “event” permits from the city for the surounding areas where the funeral services will be held. Therefore not allowing these freaks to get close to the services. The city could even give them a break on the price of the permits.
Report Post »Don’t know if something like that would work………..just a thought.
BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:36amAgreed. And might I just add that I am waiting for one of them to die so we can protest at their funeral.
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:48amYes, but can’t they be arrested for disturbing the peace or something? They could be released without charges later, after the event – but lock em up for a few hours! These people are a menace. I have no idea how they justify themselves. They’re in for a big surprise when they hit the pearly gates.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:44am@BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Report Post »Yep that will do the trick. You will then be exactly at the same level. I certainly understand the temptation!! Better we try to take the higher road and set an example – a decent example.
grandmaof5
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:27amNo, Arizona needs to pass this bill to prevent their demonstration and the fines need to be so high it puts this lowlife group out of business or keeps them in jail. It is finally time for there to be consequences for their actions. In the future, cities need to deny them permits and fine them exhorbitant amounts of money if they gather – they have been getting away with this for too long and it needs to stop. Free speech is one thing but hateful behavior in the name of Christianity is another.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:44am“Free speech is one thing but hateful behavior in the name of Christianity is another.”
We aren’t muslims…
btw.. What about OTHER PEOPLE’S SPEECH!!! The unintended consequence is that once it is possible to shut down one person’s speech, another will follow..
Who decides what is correct speech?
Bugger off Grandma… what you stated is anti-American and anti-Natural Rights…
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:25pmI agree with Van,
“No, Arizona needs to pass this bill to prevent their demonstration and the fines need to be so high it puts this lowlife group out of business or keeps them in jail.”
Then what happens in a few weeks when you go out and protest against illegal immigration? They’ll prevent your demonstration on the grounds of hate speech against mexicans. It’s racist! Then you’ll be fined into bankruptcy and spend the next seven years in jail with no one but yourself to blame….
….Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:20pmThey are not part of the right. They are part of the insane. I know you are a troll, go back to Spooky Dude and ask for your payment.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:15pmI hope they are successful in blocking them. I grow weary of the hate speech.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:43pmYeah, troll, we think I thunped you on this one….don’t mess with the ones here who talk the Truth.
Report Post »seon
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:30amIt isn’t even free speech, yelling the f word at funerals isn’t even free speech. The westbro people are anti American.
Report Post »canuck44
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:16amThe very best way is to notify them that all public servants and officers will be otherwise occupied that day and that they will not be afforded any protection from counter protesters, family and individuals that may just hate their guts for past performances. Response time may be as long as one hour and all video cameras and other recording devices are banned from the area.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:04amDear Lord, if you happen to have a meteorite of the right size, and a few spare moments…I’ll be happy to supply the address of these people : )
CultureWarriors
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:57amEven if they do, Sheriff Dupnik has already said before he wouldn’t up hold the immigration law. I doubt he would up hold this one either. He and the Democrat hate group Westboro Baptist come from the same ilk. Both are Democrats and both are attention seeking hate mongers. Sheriff Dupnik and Fred Phelps have a lot in common. This Sheriff has admitted that Loughner had a violent record and that they had been to see him multiple times. Why didn’t he do his job? If he had this tragedy might not have happened. I’d say the Sheriff in CYA mode. We need to hear from some of the Pima county Deputies about the Sheriff’s competency.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:00amI hope and pray the families will be allowed to bury the dead in peace and dignity for the departed; the protesters of this church enrage me – I just wish now I could get down there to join the counter rally who will work to stop them from interfering with the families.
Also, has this matter not already gone to the US Supreme Court already?
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:24pmHarrassment isn’t free speech.
Report Post »jvlag3
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 12:41pmThis is not a church, but a hate group and I thought we had Federal laws to deal with these idiots.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:21pmAs must as I detest the activities of the Westboro protesters, I do not wish to see legislature to prevent their actions. If I weren’t so far away, I’d go down there myself to volunteer to be counter protesters but I do not want to legislate this issue. They can’t just make legislature to say “The westboro church is not allowed to protest at funerals anymore” it will be a law that will be ambiguous and allowed to apply to more than just these protesters, whether it’ll apply sooner or later is for us to find out. As outrageous as they are, I will not advocate for legislature against them. Counter protest all the way, show the power of American’s resolve.
As long as they are not on private property, I cannot justify restricting them.
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:32pmno dont let the goverment handle this lets see some arizonians form a huge blockade and push these mothers out of town.and if they have one use a rail….tihs should happen everywhere till they move to cost rica or somewhere..
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:31pmWe don’t need another stinking law.
Report Post »5000 angry citizens should do the trick.
Taquoshi
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:07pmI am total against the legislative branch prohibiting the picketing at funerals. I think that the private citizens have been doing a great job. And I am also waiting for the day that Fred Phelps or any of his followers dies.
Then if I have the means to, I’ll be there, with bells on.
I’ll be there with a nice, big sign.
I’ll be there just like they are there for the grieving families.
And I hope hundreds if not thousands of my fellow Americans who despise these people for their lack of human compassion, for their disrespect of the families of our soldiers and now the families of our citizens who have died in tragic circumstances or the families of those who have other high profile funerals will be standing right next to me.
Maybe we can have a party. Maybe we can sing a song like “Ding Dong the fool is dead” or something equally reverent.
So, no, I hope they don’t pass the legislation. I believe in free speech.
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