The Right to Protest Upheld, Even for the Despicable

An interesting story caught my eye at the top of the page on the CNN site, http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/02/scotus.westboro.church/index.html. A group of protestors from a small baptist church in Kansas, known for their picketing at funerals for fallen military members, have won their appeal to the Supreme Court. The protestors use beliefs that God has killed these members of the military because they fight for a nation that condones homosexuality to fuel their protests. The main debate in the case was which had presedence, freedom of speech, or freedom of privacy. Apparently, freedom of speech does, even in a case where those doing the speaking have some convoluted ideas of right and wrong. But at least this shows us that freedom of speech is, and will be protected, no matter the cost. It is an interesting read mainly because of how, although the Supreme Court upheld their right to free speech, they still showed disdain for their methods and beliefs.