badgenome on 15 August 2012
| richardhutnik said: If the foundation of negative rights is to be left alone, then not being offended, or being impacted by others, would fit into this. For example, by following what you are saying, the Westboro Baptist Church is in the right, for saying homosexuals are going Hell outside of a funeral. |
Again, there's a difference between having a right and being ethically right. The WBC are not in the right here, as they're awful, vile people. But despite the recent law against it, they are certainly within their rights to do so so long as they're not interfering with the funeral itself. And since the Roberts court has already ruled 8-1 for Westboro in Snyder v. Phelps, I can't see them upholding this law.
