Americans should be allowed to protest anywhere in America and wear signs if they wish to do so even if it is considered disrespectful or inappropriate to the majority of Americans and the U.S. military in my opinion. The protestors should remain peaceful and at a distance from the event such as a military funeral, private funeral, or any other event that the protestors oppose so that the federal government is not diminishing freedom of speech any more than it has already been diminished. It is my opinion that when any U.S. citizen is denied their right to peacefully protest anywhere on U.S. soil within a reasonable distance that we are asking the federal government to deny us more of our freedoms and regulate our behaviors. There is a fine line between disagreeing with protestors and denying freedom of speech.
For example, gays have protested against Christians and the bible and and wear signs and march up and down the street nearly nude and so forth, but under the Freedom of speech, expression, and so forth, that is allowed in America. People may not agree or like it, or even find it offensive, but according to the law, they have the right to march on public sidewalks peacefully. Americans, who oppose the war have a right to protest, even if it is at a funeral, as long as they are not disturbing the funeral proceedings in my opinion. Even if the majority of people believe that it disrespects the dead, the living, and the sacred ground, it's still a free country, but they should be required to stand at a distance and not disturb the event or funeral.
The building of a mosque in New York city is approved by Mayor Bloomberg and his committee and supported by President Obama, but the majority of Americans protest and oppose it because they are guaranteed the right to exercise freedom of speech under the U.S. Constitution, if other people don't agree.
Most Americans find it is disrespectful and inappropriate to protest at funerals, especially military funerals and I agree with them, but I believe we must be careful when we are asking the federal government to diminish our freedoms, liberties and rights on U.S. soil, which are being trampled upon every day, and regulated through excessive Executive Orders over the past decade and most recently since 2009.
Americans, who protest at a military funeral, without causing any problems should have that right, but it doesn't mean that most of us agree with them or find it appropriate and in fact, find it disgusting, but that doesn't mean that we should allow the federal courts to continue to deny, diminish, or regulate our rights, freedoms, and control more of our behaviors. In fact, President Obama just signed another Executive Order to regulate the behaviors of American citizens, so we're treading on dangerous territory.
How then does the U.S. Justices and the U.S. Congress justify the Hate Crimes Bill, which the 111th Congress passed with flying colors that tramples on equal rights for all citizens? According to Senator Reid, the Hate Crimes Bill favors gays and Muslims. For example, it's okay for gays to walk down the street at gay parades wearing nearly nothing with children present; wearing signs; and speaking out against Christians, mock Jesus and the bible, but it's not okay for Christians to oppose their behaviors because the Christian comments can be viewed as "offensive" by a gay person and anything, including words that are considered "offensive" by a gay person can be considered a "hate crime." Ironically, Christians don't "hate" gays or Muslims, but are expressing their right to speak out and share their beliefs on U.S. soil peacefully. Not so long ago, 2 Christian grandmothers and 9 other Christians who were peacefully wearing signs at a gay rally were arrested because the gays at the rally called the police and said their signs were "offensive" according to the news. The 2 grandmothers, who were arrested, could have gone to jail for 47 years! They ended up spending thousands of dollars in legal fees spoken from their own lips on television.
Furthermore, the news recently reported that Christians were arrested by U.S. officers for standing on U.S. soil paid by our tax dollars because the Muslim youth at a Muslim event (which the article stated the Muslims consider a "no go zone") were speaking to those who asked about Christianity. In fact, the article stated that their cameras were confiscated by the police, as well. According to articles which discuss the Hate Crimes bill (similar to the domestic violence bills), anything that a gay or a Muslim finds offensive can be reason enough to arrest another American citizen and cause them grave pain and suffering because of this law that only protects two groups of people according to Senator Reid. It would appear that this bill violates equality for all people and will end up putting more Christians and other religious persons as well as heterosexuals in jail in the future.
Therefore, does the "Hate Crimes Bill" protect gays and Muslims or is it a mechanism to silence the majority of Americans and deny the majority of Americans the right to exercise freedom of speech, expression, print, media, and so forth by placing fear in the minds of the majority of Americans that if they say anything or write anything about gays or Muslims that they can find themselves caught up in a legal battle for years or jailed for years as punishment, but the same doesn't apply equally for all people, any longer?
Think about the long term effects on the U.S. Constitution which these lawsuits are effecting as well as the diminishing of freedom every time a citizen and their lawyers walk into courtrooms and ask for the federal government to regulate their lives and deny our freedoms inch by inch by inch.
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