Freedom of Speech

To the best of my knowledge freedom of speech is an issue on public property, property owned by the government. This is frequently misconstrued by people to mean that they can mouth off wherever and whenever they want. On private property the owner of the property sets the rules of behavior on that property. People on forums frequently b!tch that their "freedom of speech" is being infringed upon, but these forums are not owned by the government, so the admins can prohibit the word "green" from being said if they feel like it. Similarly, most cemetaries are not public property, so these guys are not entitled to jack $hit on them. As for picketing on the street outside, well, I personally don't mind if the government interferes just this once. I mean, picture losing your father or brother and then some assholes start shouting that he deserved to die while you're at the funeral. This is more obscene than neo-Nazis and the KKK, and those are commonly thought to be pretty much the most obscene that freedom of speech permits.

Edit: I must say the ACLU is a bunch of prostitutes. They claim to have the Bill of Rights as their client, but really they defend every piece of $hit that wants to do something horrible. Back when the Nazis wanted to march through Skokie, (then the most heavily Jewish town in America, and having many Holocaust survivors,) the ACLU got a Jewish lawyer to get those Nazis their "rights." Now, that same ACLU is trying to get Westboro the "right" to smear soldiers' funerals. I know lawyers are considered throughout America to be whores, but these guys spread their legs extra wide.

Ah, so the cemetary(sp?) is private property, and thus has the right to say "get off my lawn"? That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.