Free Speech as the Enemy

Since I already have my mind on the subject of homosexuality being censored after rewriting my essay on Giovvani's room, I thought it might be worth while to write a bit about the Westboro Baptist Church.

These are the guys that make free speech look really bad. They are activists against homosexuality. They picket various locations and events carrying big posters that say " God Hates Fags", "Thank God for 9/11", " Fag Troops" and others that blame the death of american soldiers on the fact that america is too tolerant of gays.

The really upsetting part is that these people aren't just sitting outside their own church or on Highway 95, they go and stand outside of funerals with these protests. They target the funerals of american soldiers but they go to others too, they even showed up at the funeral of three students who had died in a house fire ( though over a thousand students chased them off in a fit of rage after only 15 minutes).

The man who runs the church is named Fred Phelps, and he is not only the head of the church but head of the family of 71 who runs the church, many of which are lawyers, which explains how they have managed to escape persecution from the law.

The sick thing is that the reason these people get away with their messages of hate blaring in the ears of people who are suffering