Westboro Baptist Church Lawsuit

[Daniel_Marsh]

How can one be truly pro life and yet still be pro war?

Well your choices are simple fight the terrorists on US soil where civilians get killed or fight them over there where professionals are killing more of them then they are killing of us. 911 was done well before we had any troops in Iraq. We live in a world where muslim terrorists are getting agressive and can now deliver strikes on our homeland. You may want to study this document to understand my personal views on war.

Fighting the War and the Peace: Battlefield Ethics, Peace Talks, Treaties, and Pacifism in the Jewish Tradition
Michael J. Broyde1
jlaw.com/Articles/war1.html

You also may want to study NEST to see where we think terrorism is headed,
google.com/search?hl=en&q=NEST+nuclear

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

The difference though b/w Westboro and abortion clinics is that the Westboro protests at a private event, a funeral… Protests at abortion clinics are done out side public businesses. The two are distinctly different…

As mentioned though, if the obit said funeral was open to public, then Westboro would have some rights, however, the case in particular, it was for family and friends… I think neither applies to Westboro…

In Christ

Unless I am mistaken both protest outside respective businesses on public property. Both are on the sidewalk or median between the sidewalk and street. In most communities these are public spaces. In fact, Westboro protested accross the street from the funeral homes before some state put up unreasonable distance laws. I mean if abortionists purposely put up their clinics near a funeral home than the distance laws that westboro has to obey will also apply to prolife protesters. Imangine what it would be like if an abortion doctor opened a funeral home next door in name only to use it to creamate the body parts? He could claim that an funeral is always happening thus putting the what 500 yards law into effect.

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

Romans 13

1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For **he is God’s servant **to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

 

[BlestOne]

all of their websites are offline as far as I can see… if nothing else, this is a happy thing…

 

[heisenburg]

Daniel Marsh


Good point… My original argument for the differences that one is private event and one is public still may hold water constitutionally, but I see what you are saying… And it does give one food for thought… And I see how it can become sticky real quick

In Christ

 

[uglygal]

These people are so delusional and drunk with self-righteousness it is nauseating and extremely sad to read about.

My heart goes out to the families of the fallen men who must endure such a spectacle whilst burying a loved one. uch:

 

[notself]

Also have compassion for the sad, hate filled people of Westboro. They are filled with anger, delusion, and suffering.