The ACLU will be taking the case of the nuts who are protesting at funerals:<\/p>\n
A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech.<\/p>\n
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on behalf of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church, which has outraged mourning communities by picketing service members’ funerals with signs condemning homosexuality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Read the rest here<\/a>.
\nThe Washington Post will link to bloggers who link to their articles. One of the bloggers asked those of us who believe that the ACLU is liberal to explain why they would defend this group. I believe they may have taken this case because they believe the law is a bad law and that the law could be used to block anti-war protesters and other types of protesting that they believe should be protected by free speech. It doesn’t matter what the position of the client, they are focused on the law.
\nI found this interesting article<\/a> that demonstrates ACLU’s position on a liberal issue that is close to their heart and the free speech that exists in their own organization. It should be of interest to those who believe that the ACLU is neutral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ACLU will be taking the case of the nuts who are protesting at funerals: A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Friday in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun"],"yoast_head":"\n
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