Just like you can't yell FIRE! in a crowded theater, those people are being emotionally abusive to the mourning family with really stupid shit when a person is at their most vunerable emtional state.

Just because you are across the street in a non-residential area should not protect such abuse of the first admendment. If your crazy fucked-up nieghbor was making noise at any hour of the day - disturbing the quiet enjoyment of your residence - they can be cited or arrested. These freaks are taking advantage of a loop hole of not being in a "residential area". -

The dead's final resting place is being disrupted. Maybe no respect for the dead is legal but emotional abuse should be taken into consideration.

Physical abuse is illegal but emotional abuse is not - although can be used in a divorce.

Reference link is wiki Nazi parade in a Jewish nieghborhood legal challenge (Nazi's won)

Kinda like the Park Phreak yelling at the tree for hours - not threatening anybody directly but being a compl;ete asshole apears to be a right in America.

OK tell me this, does is make sense for somebody to protest a funeral when that soldier fought for them to stand on American soil and be safe? NO if you said yes to this arguement then your retarded for real, I dont care what the amendments say about something like this, protesting at a regular funeral is one thing but to protest at someones funeral who gave you freedom, independence, justice and liberty is sick in the head, I would like to see some of these pussy fags go on the frontline and fight for this country and protest at their funerals and see what their families would say! Our SOLDIERS give us freedom not the dumbass president or the congress or the senate, people its common sense think about it!!!!!!!!!

I am torn on this one. I believe in free speech, but I also think that someone should not be allowed to interupt something as sacred as a funeral whether military or not. I think they should put limits on how far protesters can stand from a church and cemetery.

So I am a no and a yes on this one....haha

are you kidding of course you shouldn't there are grieving families over their loved one people need to respect that. there are plenty of places to protest but at a funeral isn't the place

Funerals are private and meant to be kept private. Outsiders aren't allowed into private services.

It is irrational to harass the family of a fallen soldier, they did nothing. What if the soldier was a conscripted youth? Was it their choice to go to war? No. Those who protest at a military funeral are inconsiderate fools. If people were to backlash and protest their intentions at one of their family or friends funerals they would more likely than not become rather angered.

Do not do onto others what you would not have done onto you.

Of course not! No matter what point people want to make, surely they understand that protesting at a funeral is one of the most disrespectful things one can do! How can someone even think about insulting the dead and their mourning families like that?

Those protesters might as well walk up to the widow(er)s and say: "I find voicing my opinion more important than your loss right now"

I don't think anyone should be allowed to protest at any kind of a funeral.