And, yes, I DO take it personally: Despicable...? Yes... Loathsome...? Yes... 1st Amendment Protections...? Yes...

Mandy: Great blog!
Mark: Thanks to all the contributors on this blog. When I want to get information on the events that really matter, I come here.
Penny: I'm glad I found your blog (from a comment on Think Progress), it's comprehensive and very insightful.
Eric: Nice site....I enjoyed it and will be back.
nora kelly: I enjoy your site. Keep it up! I particularly like your insights on Latin America.
Alison: Loquacious as ever with a touch of elegance -- & right on target as usual!

"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it."
- Noam Chomsky

Follow @profmarcus

Send tips and other comments to: profmarcus2010@yahoo.com /* ---- overrides for post page ---- */ .post { padding: 0; border: none; }

And, yes, I DO take it personally

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Despicable...? Yes... Loathsome...? Yes... 1st Amendment Protections...? Yes...

as utterly vile as i consider the actions of fred phelps and his deranged flock to be, they have the right to speak out just like everyone else... the fact that their minds are grotesquely twisted with hate and bear no resemblance to anything even remotely christ-like, is indeed sad and pathetic, but, hey, it's their world and they're welcome to it...

A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on behalf of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church, which has outraged mourning communities by picketing service members' funerals with signs condemning homosexuality.