Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church loses flag-desecration case. ACLU to appeal.
you’ve got to love the irony of maybe the most hateful christian group in america being helped by one of the groups they hate.
I was wondering about that too …
As loathsome as the Phelps cult is, they test the limits of free speech. And free speech is an important liberty!
As for the flag desecration case, and as repugnant as the act is, the Supremes have rule it protected speech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._Johnson] Texas v Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman] US v Eichman
An interesting resource: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org
As for the flag desecration case, and as repugnant as the act is, the Supremes have rule it protected speech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._Johnson] Texas v Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman] US v Eichman
An interesting resource: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org
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