An unpopular Kansas “church” reminiscent of our very own Dove wants you to know God is your enemy.
As the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Snyder v. Phelps, the case involving the Westboro Baptist Church’s protests at soldiers’ funerals (the “church” says God is killing soldiers for America’s radical tolerance of gay men and women), the highest court in the land was posed with a uniquely personal argument that could potentially redefine Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Let’s look at this objectively, Gators.
We’re not God, so we won’t speak for the Man Upstairs. We really hate when the crazies do that. But we find it hard to believe God “hates fags,” as this “church” says. We find it hard to believe our creator would kill soldiers left and right because of something completely unrelated as America loving its gay citizens.
And we’ll go so far as to say the Westboro members, particularly the pastor, Fred Phelps, create nothing more than the festering pile of entrails in which even most staunchly conservative Americans want to see devoured by parasites.
Forever marring a grieving father’s (Snyder) son’s funeral by protesting with such heinously misguided signs is despicable at best.
With that said, ruling in favor of Snyder and reinstating a previous court’s $5 million retribution in a case where free speech did not invoke physical harm would be entirely detrimental and contrary to our rights to speech.
We must remember, regardless of how much hatred we might harbor for a misguided group of radicals, their speech is just as important as our ability to voice our disdain for them.
