Originally Posted by Mike33

We all understant that. We also understand that their is such thing as innapriopriate behavior, verbal abuse, verbal harrassment and so forth. Their are also laws to protect people from these things. There are exceptions to almost every rule. The Constitution is a pretty good guide but it's man made and used by imperfect men. It's not going to solve all the problems in the world or decide what's the best conduct in every situation we face. That's where interpretation of the Constitution and the rights of victims comes into play, common decency, etiquette and so on come into play. Reasonable people I'm sure will find that having these people insult family members of the dead at the particular place (funeral) at that particular time (mourning) is harrassment. Under these specific circumstances it is not unreasonable to ask the protesters to keep a distance for the ceremony.