My hat’s off to Mike Gallagher for putting Shirley & Margie Phelps on his radio show in exchange for them not going to the funerals for the slain Amish children and protesting. Sure Mike got some good publicity out of it but so what. He already has millions of listeners so it wasn’t like he was hurting for ratings or anything and what really impressed me was that he made them sign a contract with a $500,000 penalty if they went to the funerals anyway.
This family is obviously a few slices short of a full loaf, but to have such low respect for children just to get some publicity for their wacko religious agenda is pretty low. Religions of all kinds have enough public relations problems without radicals like these doing hideous deeds all in the name of God. The fact that the sisters are lawyers makes them even more of a menace because they know the laws and know how to use them to their advantage.
Face it, free speech is the most abused constitutional right that Americans have. I wouldn’t doubt it if our forefathers were turning over in their graves at what has become of their hard work in establishing the rights of citizens. Yes, even people like this family have a right speak freely, but the way in which they go about it is purely pathetic.
As bad as it sounds, I almost wished they had gone to the funerals just so somebody would get mad enough to beat the shit out these people. They deserve it in my book.
