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In Defense of Westboro Baptist Church Pickets
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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine

This site exists to affirm the following:

- That members of the Westboro Baptist Church should be allowed to protest unimpeded outside funerals and other events, close enough that the assembled parties can see them. Ordinances crafted to keep WBC picketers far from a target event are merely stumbling blocks to their legally guaranteed freedom of expression.

- That members of the Westboro Baptist Church should be free to picket without fear for their skins. No one is justified in meeting a non-violent picket with physical assault.

Westboro Baptist Church provides the ultimate test of our commitment to Freedom of Speech. That organization is headed by an unpopular preacher who chastens his audience, warning listeners not only of the temporal consequences for disobeying God but of eternal punishment in the world to come.

Fred Phelps and his congregation have spread this message through faxes; broadcasts; and, most famously, pickets for over 19 years.

Phelps' preaching is characterized by utter contempt for most of humanity. For all his sneering, however, he is correct in at least one matter: he has a right to preach his message unmolested, and the members of his church have a right to carry their signs and sing their jingles pretty much anywhere they want without fear for their safety.

It isn't far-fetched to argue that how we treat the most "intolerable" people in our midst is a good measure of how much we value everyone else. If we persecute such folks, inflicting unnecessary hardship on them and curtailing their fundamental rights, we are merely opening ourselves to judgment by the same measure.

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