On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:11 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > And from the state, we have another legislative solution - restrict > any protests or gatherings to a 300 foot limit: > > http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-11/us/arizona.funeral.westboro_1_kansas-church-westboro-baptist-church-fred-phelps?_s=PM:US > > Somehow I don't think this bit of legislation will draw as much noise > as others Arizona has passed. > This law is based on one that was passed in Ohio that had held up to a first round of legal scrutiny. However, the Ohio law has been appealed and is in review, and just as all the others, will most likely eventually be tossed out as unconstitutional. I've stated ad nauseum that I think we should stop writing these silly laws. They are not constitutional, and they keep these assholes in the spotlight and give them repeated legal victories that I'd rather not grant them. HOWEVER, i'm torn a bit in this case...because it seems to me that the motivation is NOT because they think they can craft a law that will hold up, it's simply to buy some time so that, at least while THIS funeral is underway, their protesting will be against the law. Not a bad idea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333323 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
