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[ennifer_jay]

Westboro Baptist Church Gets Permit To Protest President Barack Obama Inauguration
The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski
Posted: 01/15/2013 4:58 pm EST

The Westboro Baptist Church has secured a permit to protest the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.A press release issued by the Westboro Baptist Church on Saturday revealed the

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[layweed]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha this is going to be so hilarious. You're gonna get like..50 of the losers. vs EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO THE INAUGURATION.

[paksenarrion2]

Yeah. Something like 50 against 2 million?? Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Pardon me while I run to the bathroom before I pee my pants laughing.

[zinnia_rose]

I gotta say I'm kind of looking forward to these fuckwads being spectacularly drowned out by all the screaming, cheering people at the inauguration.

[sio]

my question is: who was fucking dumb enough to grant this permit in the first place??

[layweed]

i doubt they could have rejected it, even if they are scummier than the scum you get on the bottom of your shoe on a muddy day.

[fluteaphrael]

Exactly. You can't just say "they can't gather or protest." You MIGHT be able to say "move on, you've violated your permit with Hate Speech," but the government would have to make that stick in court. And rightfully so the bar is VERY high. Nasty, mean, awful speech HAS to be protected, because the next speech that they want to ban, might be something that ONLY the government objects to

[cher_arlequin]

[jojo342]

These guys are assholes. But I really think they have the right to show up where ever whenever they want and say whatever they want.

If it is public property it is their right, so....