I’ve written often about the reprehensible Westboro Baptist Church, neither Christian nor Baptist, the knuckleheads that gather outside cemeteries and cheer the death of American soldiers, and gathered outside Ronnie Dio’s funeral cheering his death.
They do this claiming free speech rights. I hadn’t heard this story, but at the funeral of Lt. Brendan Looney, a Navy SEAL, an organization of bikers, the Patriot Guard Riders, were also there. Whenever the Westboro hate group started their chants, the Riders revved their bikes and drowned them out. A member of the group, Dylan Waite: "There's very few things on Earth louder than a V-Twin Harley Davidson." The bikers had huge American flags and lined the entry road to the cemetery, in front of the Westboro group, and saluted as the procession of Lt. Looney passed by.
While American flags were flying and motorcycles revving, the Westboro group chanted and had signs: "Thank God for IEDs", "Thank God for dead soldiers”, and "God hates fags".
The whole mess is being heard before the Supreme Court. The Westboro group claiming free speech rights is, of course, being supported by the ACLU. The question is, do the Westboro knuckleheads have a right to protest at funerals the way they do? The suit is being brought by the dead soldier’s father; him saying this was an invasion of privacy.
An ugly mess created by ugly people. If there were such a thing as shame left in this culture, Westboro would not have even considered doing this vile deed.
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