Court's ruling in funeral protest case restates First Amendment principles

There was actually a community that went to one funeral that WBC was protesting and held American flags up in front of the protesters to shield the funeral. I tried finding the news story but I just found a lot of people requesting it happen at other funerals after they heard about the initial one.

I was just thinking this might be a good idea.

Yeah, these guys are assholes, but even though they're ignorant jerks if every time somebody was protesting when the people didn't want them to then where would we be? Would there have been a civil rights movement?

I apologize for the comparison between these asshats and probably the most justified and important series of protests in American history, but the principle allowing them to do it is the same. They have a right to say what they want as long as it is within the confines of the law.