Posted: Apr 06, 2012 4:03 pm
Erin wrote:That's why I draw a distinction between the two. You can picket a private event from public property. Nobody's saying Phelps-Roper's First Amendment rights are being infringed upon because she can't go into private events with Bibles or those ridiculous signs she carries around.
They have also been required to keep a prescribed distance away from those events, IIRC. eg. They can't just stand on the public sidewalk immediately outside the funeral home and yell at people coming in, even though that is public property.