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There's no doubt that Phelp's has the right to believe whatever he wants and express tha belief.
The real question here is whether this is a legitimate excercise of free speech, protected by the first amendment, or harassment, which might not be.
Personally, I find what he says unpardonably repulsive, while at the same time smiling just a little bit every time his extremist rhetoric his the mainstream airways because it better illustrates the absurdity of the "homosexuality is immoral" stance than anything I could say.
When it's done at a funeral, it's detestible.
As someone said earlier, I'm torn, because I find Phelps and everything he stands for repulsive, but at the same time, I'm a big fan of freedom of speech, and I'm not sure whether saying "You can say whatever you like, but you can't say it in this place at this time" is an abridgement of free speech or not.
Gilda
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