Rest in Peace

The national government's choices puzzle me sometimes. We are taught from the beginning that it exists to rule us and ensures that it may know what is best for us and society even though it sometimes chooses oddities that rule in the favor of something unpopular and unwanted...

Well, what about certain civil liberties guaranteed after death? Does the government protect those? Not really. You may be surprised to hear that the Supreme Court ruled in the favor of the Westboro Baptist Church on March 2, 2011 against a fellow soldier, Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq in the line of duty. Now the Westboro Baptist Church has been known to picket numerous military funerals with signs saying outrageous and offensive remarks like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates Fags" like they had at this soldier's funeral. However, even though the popular opinion is that this is highly unacceptable, the Supreme Court-- and by extension, the national government, had ruled in favor for the Westboro Baptist Church because of our first amendment granting freedom of speech.

Although we are granted the freedom of speech, there should be something passed by the national government that will guaranteed some sort of respect after death. Shouldn't we receive some civil liberties after death, like perhaps, not having our own funerals protested by the WBC? This puzzles me as it seems like something that should be only natural. Everyone would want their death to be at least respected. I extremely disagree the national government's choice in ruling for the Westboro Baptist Church because everyone deserves a moment of silence out of respect--especially for fellow soldiers and urge them to consider giving us a right to at least rest in peace.