There are times we all need to set priorities and the past several months have been such a time for me. Unfortunately, I have not placed my blog at the top of my priority list. However, today's ruling by the United States Supreme Court has hit like being blind-sided by a huge truck.
In a vote of 8 to 1 our nation's highest court ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas stating they are protected by the First Amendment when they disrupt and disrespect funerals of members of our military who gave their lives protecting the very Constitution these cowards are hiding behind.
I use the word cowards to describe both the eight members of the court and the so-called church they sided with. For years the members of this alleged Christian church have picketed and protested at solemn military funerals bearing signs that read: "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs."
My military career began in Vietnam and essentially ended in Afghanistan. I've held my friends as they died in my arms and have escorted their bodies to their final resting place. The anger and disgust I feel is beyond description.
I know violence is never an answer to solve a problem but in this case I would be more than willing to make an exception. Perhaps, IF there is a God and IF he or she would see fit to perform a miracle. Maybe that God would line the driveway of this self-righteous, hypocritical group of believers' church with IEDs and they could then thank their god as they went to meet him or her!
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