Westboro Baptist Church Heckled outside Twitter HQ

Westboro Baptist Church Protests, Gets Protested Outside Twitter

Jan 29th 2010 By Harmon Leon
Asylum Exclusive

Yesterday, the Westboro Baptist Church and their subtly named picket group, God Hates Fags, brought their dog-and-pony show to San Francisco. That's right -- the freaky people came to freak out the freaky people.

The religious group, based in Topeka, Kan., usually pickets soldiers' funerals, reasoning that they died defending a gay-loving country. Thursday, they set their sights on a larger target: the headquarters of the social media giant Twitter.

Apparently, God hates Twitter. Would it help matters if Jesus turned 140 characters into 280 characters?

At 4:30 p.m., surrounded by a police escort, the motley WBC crew -- comprised of four women and one large, clunky dude -- marched in front of the Twitter offices at 795 Folsom and kicked off the circus. But San Francisco's finest and funniest, who launched a counter-protest, were ready for them.

ty for this little taste of "home", yer dukeness
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san francisco, i love you

Supreme Court OKs Protests at Military Funerals

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Supreme_Court/supreme-court-westboro-protests-military-funerals/story?id=13037219


The Supreme Court ruled today that the First Amendment protects members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., who have held provocative, anti-gay protests at military funerals.



Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said today's ruling is a narrow decision, dealing strictly with Westboro's picketing activity.

"Speech is powerful," Roberts wrote. "It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and -- as it did here -- inflict great pain."

ok, so lemme get this straight .....
peaceful protesters against (fill in the blank) are NOT allowed
to gather & voice their principles, but
westboro is?
it's a riddle, right?
lemme think, here .....
wait a sec, almost got it ....
hold on, it's coming ...
BULLSHIT
that's all i can come up with

Yep that was what I came up with too!!!