MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
Sorry, I couldn't find the other thread about that group of Westboro wackos
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/us-house-votes-to-restrict.php
The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church led by the Rev. Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kansas. The group claims US soldiers have been killed because America tolerates homosexuals. The bill seeks to block unapproved protests at Arlington National Cemetery and other federal cemeteries. It also creates a 500-foot no-protestor zone around military funerals that begins one hour before a funeral and ends one hour after its conclusion if protests include loud disturbances.
Similar legislation has been passed or proposed in states such as South Dakota and Oklahoma and the federal legislation urges more states to pass such measures. The House measure must still be approved by the Senate
test of the act is available here
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:h.r.5037.eh:
Barney Frank voted against it and here was their oh-so-lovely response
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/us-house-votes-to-restrict.php
The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church led by the Rev. Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kansas. The group claims US soldiers have been killed because America tolerates homosexuals. The bill seeks to block unapproved protests at Arlington National Cemetery and other federal cemeteries. It also creates a 500-foot no-protestor zone around military funerals that begins one hour before a funeral and ends one hour after its conclusion if protests include loud disturbances.
Similar legislation has been passed or proposed in states such as South Dakota and Oklahoma and the federal legislation urges more states to pass such measures. The House measure must still be approved by the Senate
test of the act is available here
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:h.r.5037.eh:
Barney Frank voted against it and here was their oh-so-lovely response