Comments on: Gov. Quinn signs off on ‘Let Them Rest in Peace Act’ http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/gov-quinn-signs-off/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Teresa Hemingway http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/gov-quinn-signs-off/comment-page-1/#comment-321016 Teresa Hemingway Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:53:43 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7598#comment-321016 Westboro picketers are coming to VT hurricane disaster to picket on 9/5. Westboro picketers are coming to VT hurricane disaster to picket on 9/5.

]]> By: Sharyn St Clair http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/gov-quinn-signs-off/comment-page-1/#comment-317738 Sharyn St Clair Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:58:45 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7598#comment-317738 I am strongly pro freedom of speech and generally anti war. However, it is a pointless cruelty to essentially "picket" a veteran's funeral. We seemed to have learned a lesson from the Vietnam war: that you can protest the war while recognizing the valor of the soldiers. I am comforted by a law that limits protesters' proximity to a funeral; but, how much further back must they be? I don't think that the bereaved should have to face a gauntlet of protesters anywhere near a funeral site. In today's rich media frenzy environment, I'm confident that the protests would be well covered on the other side of town . I am strongly pro freedom of speech and generally anti war. However, it is a pointless cruelty to essentially “picket” a veteran’s funeral.

We seemed to have learned a lesson from the Vietnam war: that you can protest the war while recognizing the valor of the soldiers.

I am comforted by a law that limits protesters’ proximity to a funeral; but, how much further back must they be? I don’t think that the bereaved should have to face a gauntlet of protesters anywhere near a funeral site.

In today’s rich media frenzy environment, I’m confident that the protests would be well covered on the other side of town .

]]> By: Tom Kissner http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/gov-quinn-signs-off/comment-page-1/#comment-316984 Tom Kissner Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:09:41 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7598#comment-316984 GOOD!! Even though the courts have determined that interrupting the privacy and sanctity of funerals of those heroic enough to have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country is a form of freedom of speech, almost everyone is disgusted by this small group pushing their "one issue agenda". It can't be a violation of their right to freedom of speech to make them stand farther away from the funeral or burial. Now if other states would enact the same law... GOOD!! Even though the courts have determined that interrupting the privacy and sanctity of funerals of those heroic enough to have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country is a form of freedom of speech, almost everyone is disgusted by this small group pushing their “one issue agenda”. It can’t be a violation of their right to freedom of speech to make them stand farther away from the funeral or burial. Now if other states would enact the same law…

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