Agreed. ANYWHERE the grieving party can see protesters is the wrong place. Go picket a gay club or the White House. Anything but a funeral.

In another angle, I read in the NY Times about insensitive army guys arriving at homes and acting like idiots. The article isn't archived any longer (paid fee after a certain time) but the first few paras were disturbing.

A man had been told his son died in action & he went out to take his flag down & the yellow ribbons off the tree.

The army man turned back and said, "Don't be disrespectful."

!!!

There were a few more stories like that, too.

When my cousin died, the police officers who arrived at the door were very respectful & understand that, once they told the parents of the death of their only son, they should allow the grieving parents to act any way they wanted to . . .