Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Plymouth Soldier's Funeral

With signs painted with phrases like "GOD HATES AMERICA & IS KILLING
OUR TROOPS IN HIS WRATH" The Westboro Baptist Church, is planning a protest outside St. Peter's Church Monday. The group, from Topeka, Kansas, claims to have conducted more than 46,000 such protests across the country since 1991.

As soon as Plymouth residents heard the news, the immediately began plans for a protest of their own--against Westboro's hateful speech. Those plans are nascent right now, according to coordinators, who hope to get the Gutowski family's permission to show their solidarity as a community for its fallen son.

What do you think? Does this out-of-state religious group have the right to protest military funerals based on the First Amendment? Is it hate speech?

Does this other group of Plymouth residents have the right idea to counterprotest the Westboro Baptist Church.

Does the Gutowski family get a say in any of this, while they're dealing with the grief of losing a son and brother?

Take our poll below and tell us how you feel about this difficult situation. What would you do?