no soldier or veteran goes into the military and takes an oath that it s okay to target an innocent family and harass them. and it wasn t just about them showing up at the funeral. it was about what they did before and after the funeral. two days before that funeral, they sent out notices to press and to, you know, the authorities and this notice had matt s picture on it. it had a military kofb. underneath it burial of an ass and then it went on to say we ll be protesting at st. johns catholic dog kennel. i knew they were going to be there. they stood 30 feet from the main vehicle entrance of the church and when the funeral procession had to be rerouted we came within 200 to 300 feet at the church. so you can imagine what a family goes through, kyra. dealing with the tragedy that they had to deal with and then that on top of it all.
and it shouldn t continue to be taken like free speech. because you had to face the pain of not only losing your son to war but then at his own funeral, listening and hearing these protesters. yeah, basically, gretchen, seven of them showed up at matt s funeral and positioned themselves 30 feet from the main vehicle entrance of the church and they held signs, some of them reading god hates you, you re in hell. sempri fei fags is went to the extent of depicting a sign of two men having anal intercourse. you would argue this is beyond the first amendment right. how will you do that? this case is just personalized targeted harassment. and it s even further complicated because the snyder
and chief of politicsdaily.com. michael, i usually read you as the man of common sense. you re a lawyer, a trained lawyer, you practiced for many years. what do you make of the reading of the constitution which is so, what s the right word, absolutist here? well, first let me tell you that the father that you just referenced coincidentally called me while i was in the greenroom five minutes ago and he said, be sure you tell chris matthews how ugly it was on the day that i buried my son. not 30 feet from the vehicle entrance of the church, they were holding a placard that showed two guys involved in anal intercourse, having nothing to do with my son giving his life in service to his country. to answer your question, that same constitution allows us to regulate speech in certain cases. think about obscenity, think about fighting words, yelling fire in a movie theater. think about defamation, chris. so the first amendment right is not absolute. and i would argue and i hope they re suc
grounds. melinda henningberger is a editor in chief of politicsdaily.com. michael, i usually read you as the man of common sense. you re a lawyer, a trained lawyer, you practiced for many years. what do you make of the reading of the constitution which is so, what s the right word, absolutist here. well, first let me tell you that the father that you just referenced coincidentally called me while i was in the green room five minutes ago and he said, be sure you tell chris matthews how ugly it was on the day that i buried my son. not 30 feet from the vehicle entrance of the church, they were holding a placard that showed two guys involved in able intercourse, having nothing to do with my son giving his life in service to his country. to answer your question, that same constitution allows us to regulate speech in certain cases. think about obscenity, think about fighting words, yelling fire in a movie theater. think about defamation, chris. so the first amendment right is
radio talk show host michael smerconish wrote about this case in his column this week and melinda henneberger is an editor and chief of politicsdaily.com. michael, i usually read you as the man of common sense. you re a lawyer, a trained lawyer, you practiced for many years. what do you make of the reading of the constitution which is so, what s the right word, absolutist here. well, first let me tell you that the father that you just referenced coincidentally called me while i was in the green room five minutes ago and he said, be sure you tell chris matthews how ugly it was on the day that i buried my son. not 30 feet from the vehicle entrance of the church, they were holding a placard that showed a placard showing two guys involved in anal intercourse, having nothing to do with my son giving his life in service to his country. to answer your question, that same constitution allows us to regulate speech in certain cases. think about obscenity, think about fighting words, yelling f