Not the kids, they need to be taken away from all the hate.
They are horrible people.
They do not know how to love their neighbors.
They are intolerant, and I feel like such a hypocrite when I think of them, but I cannot tolerate that sort of hate and discrimination.  It makes me feel as though I'll be sick.

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We in America need to dig deep in our pockets to pay for a small army of grief counselors who hug professionally.  That family needs them.

How does someone have the "right" to protest a private funeral while at the same time if a new Bill passes we cannot protest at landmarks?

I assume you're not being literal because the how is simply a matter of law.

I personally think putting a ban on any kind of protests isn't right.

They are not at the funerals.......by law,they have to be away from the mouners.

At least thats the rule here.

They are just in close proximity

For public figures, but not for private individuals dying of AIDS.  That is actual harassment and not protest.

I would defend their right to protest the public funeral of a public figure like a politician or someone known in the public eye, however horrendous.  I would not defend their "right" to protest a child dying of a hurricane.  This is a distinction in American law, one between a public figure and a private citizen.  The Supreme Court decision blurred that line.

You should also address my point about how my rights are diminished daily while Freddy and Shirley seem to be sacrosanct and untouchable.  

Also, the Feds went to them for training on how to address protests.  I mean, HUH??????

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I honestly don't understand how Westboro is even still in existence. I mean, these people are so extreme that even the most religious people don't want to deal with them.

Why don't the religious people protest them if that is the case?  Most who protest them are gay activists, liberals, and military veterans.

Maybe its because they are fearful of looking like hypocrites

They've had a lot of protest against them.  Many resulting in assaults.  They've made it pretty clear that they just want attention to their church and have fun getting it by exploiting anyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2pfbMqKeo

I said protests by Christian groups, not by Anonymous.

Why don't Christian Churches specifically target them as what they are not about if they truly oppose them?  Why would they then look like hypocrites?

There was a church group in that video that was opposing them....

OK.  I just looked at the title and assumed it was Anonymous.

I stand corrected.  Why don't I hear from them more?  It would be nice for those who are not Christians to hear that not all Christians are extremists.  (i.e. that Christianity and extreme conservatism are not the same thing)

It depends on what kind of Christianity they're spreading to begin with...