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Shirley Phelps Roper, member and spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, protests outside the White House in Washington, DC on Oct. 5, 2010. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging anti-gay protests at military funerals. Members of Westboro believe god is killing American soldiers for America's tolerance of homosexuality.
I support freedom of speech, but I struggle when I see these folks protesting at soldier funerals. It makes me wonder if a family’s grief should also be protected. This case is coming to the Supreme Court. How would you balance a family’s right to grieve in peace against this country’s need to protect political speech if you were a judge?
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