Reply #34: I've got friends, Vietnam combat veterans

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who've been riding their motorcycles to the funerals that Phelps and his repulsive little klavern was scheduled to protest at, and forming a human barrier between the family and the WBC maroons, so the family never has to see the fuckers. These are big, scary-looking fellows too, who wouldn't hesitate to thump the ass of any Phelpsite foolish enough to try to cross their line.

The real question here is whether a funeral and/or a gravesite service is considered private. In my opinion, yes, they are, so the first amendment does not apply. You don't have the right to trespass on private property and insult people at a private event.