The Westboro Baptist Church is hated by pretty much everyone. There’s a good reason for that – they’re crazy, bigoted (by anyone’s definition) and blame every single bad thing in the entire world on society’s acceptance of homosexuals.
Equally universal has been the condemnation of their funeral pickets. Do I need to go into details? No, I don’t think so.
You’d think that no one else would want to copy that protest tactic. That is surly basic common sense.
So what group would take such a step into public infamy?
A judge ordered one of Chicago’s most politically powerful labor unions to suspend picketing against 16 funeral homes last week after receiving reports that striking Teamsters had, among other things, disturbed a child’s funeral.
SCI Illinois Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest funeral home chains, asked a district court to intervene after striking funeral directors and drivers with Teamsters Local 727 allegedly harassed grieving families.
“We are grateful that the court agreed to issue this temporary restraining order, and we are hopeful that it will help protect grieving families who are experiencing the most difficult times of their lives,” Larry Michael, managing director for SCI Illinois Services, Inc., said in a release. “While we recognize and respect the Teamsters’ right to lawfully picket, we have been shocked and saddened by their attempts to make grieving families the target of the cruel and outrageous attacks.”
The company testified in its filing that union members blocked grieving family members from leaving its parking lot, used bullhorns to shout obscenities at workers and mourners, and unleashed a German Shepard on a dead woman’s daughter and husband.
The funeral home was eventually forced to call the police when picketers allegedly disrupted a child’s funeral with laughter. The officer asked the Teamsters to leave, but protesters returned when he drove away.
Classy, classy stuff.
Something should go here, maybe later. 