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The New DU. Reply #144: The first amendment does not cover stalking. What Phelps and his criminal gang does is essentially
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Fri Nov-02-07 10:06 AM
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| 144. The first amendment does not cover stalking. What Phelps and his criminal gang does is essentially |
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stalk people. If he is left to pursue his obsession unfettered it is hard to say where it would lead. People who are as obsessed as he is often "up the ante" if they are not checked. There are limits to free speech and deliberately harassing people for their beliefs or their circumstance is one of them. There is no constitutionally protected right to harass people at a funeral.
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