Monday, May 29, 2006

In The News.....

Posted by Sickboy at 11:11 AM
By NEDRA PICKLER

WASHINGTON May 29, 2006 (AP)— President Bush, marking Memorial Day with a speech paying tribute to fighting men and women lost in war, signed into law Monday a bill that keeps demonstrators from disrupting military funerals.

In advance of his speech and a wreath-laying at America's most hallowed burial ground for military heroes, Bush signed the "Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act." This was largely in response to the activities of a Kansas church group that has staged protests at military funerals around the country, claiming the deaths symbolized God's anger at U.S. tolerance of homosexuals.

The new law bars protests within 300 feet of the entrance of a national cemetery and within 150 feet of a road into the cemetery. This restriction applies an hour before until an hour after a funeral. Those violating the act would face up to a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison.

What do you guys think about this? I am very curious to know...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

all for freedom of speech, but holding up signs and chanting thank God for dead soldiers, thank God for 9/11 in the midst of a soldier's funeral is disgusting. There was a cdre of vets who were going to the funerals and surrounding the area facing outwards holding big American flags so they could block the funeral attendees from having to see the protestors, I believe they will continue to do so, even if they are a couple hundred feet away.

2:44 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

Yeah, I have to agree with you D...protesting at a soldiers funeral is pretty damn wrong. I couldnt imagine being a family member and having to endure something like that at my loved ones funeral.

2:47 PM CDT

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