Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, June 03, 2010

They hate so much...

States Line Up Against Funeral Hecklers in Supreme Court Brief

"Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church Picketed Marine's Funeral; Court to Decide if Protest Was Free Speech"
How far does society and the law go to protect the free speech rights of these people to spread their brand of vitriol and hatred? If anyone were to do this over the telephone, or to an individual, they'd be arrested for harassment immediately, but because the Phelps family is full of lawyers who can keep anything tied up in court for decades, costing the State and individuals millions of dollars, nothing is done...


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