The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is concerned Gov. Bobby Jindal may disregard the constitutional rights of the Westboro Baptist Church with his latest executive order.
"Governor Jindal's Executive Order ... is misguided and has the potential to be used to infringe on protestors' First Amendment rights," said the ACLU in a statement Sunday morning.
Jindal issued an order Saturday mostly aimed at keeping the Westboro Baptist Church -- and presumably the vulgar "God Hates bleep" signs they usually carry -- away from the funerals of two Lafayette movie theater shootings victims.
"They come here to Louisiana. They try to disrupt these funerals. We're going to lock them up," said Jindal about the Westboro Baptist Church, during a Sunday morning appearance on "Face The Nation."
"They better not try that nonsense here," he added.
The church, with about a dozen members, organizes protests at high-profile funerals around the country. The ACLU finds the protests distasteful and sympathizes with Jindal's desire to protect the victims' loved ones, but says the group's right are protected by the First Amendment.
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