Game over, man. GAME OVER!

Demonstrators would be barred from disrupting military funerals at national cemeteries under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the White House.
The measure, passed by voice vote in the House Wednesday hours after the Senate passed an amended version, specifically targets a Kansas church group that has staged protests at military funerals around the country, claiming that the deaths were a sign of God's anger at U.S. tolerance of homosexuals.

CNN tells us that our government has decided that the First Amendment is no longer the law of the land. You may recall that, in addition to protecting the freedom of speech, that Amendment also protects freedom of assembly.

While our government has long chosen not to notice it's own aggressive violations of the Constitution, this law -- passed by both the House and the Senate, awaiting only the presidential signature -- aspires to new heights of offense. We have seen protesters disrupting military funerals in shameful and disrespectful ways, but how much more shameful is an Act of Congress that spits on the principles those men died for?

If Republicans think that this bill will buy them votes from the military in November, I suspect they will be surprised.

Hat tip to View From The Porch...

Posted on 2006-05-25 16:36:50.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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