Except the counter-protests mean a great deal to other people. For example, when WBC pickets a funeral, it's incredibly uplifting for the family of the deceased to see a whole town turn out to line the streets and sing songs.

The first amendment grants protection from the government, not from the people.

― Elie Wiesel

They weren't threatened. And the first Amendment does not mean someone gets to say anything they want and no one else can comment on it or has to agree with it.

"STOP, or I will lift my bicycle at you! Oh what the hell, go get 'em, you lovable scoundrels!" (Puts bike down.)

I wholeheartedly approve of this never-lethal method of crowd control. Much better than getting violent.

Let's all take a moment to appreciate Oklahoma's method of crowd control: half-heartedly rolling a bicycle at people.

Ugh, there's always that one person who likes to pretend they have more money (even thought they're broke as fuck) and are more "high-class" than everyone else and will be quick to label everything as tacky, because that makes her soooo much better than the rest.

The last wedding I was in was pretty much worst case scenario. Insane, 3am emails about nail polish color, weekends spent crafting under duress, nasty dynamics between some of the bridesmaids (including some of the bride's family), alcohol poisoning at the bachelorette, and terrible stress-induced bridezilla outbursts…

My bridesmaids did their own hair and makeup and didn't pay anything close to $1,000 for my wedding, so it can be done!

GREAT. If that's your motivation, can i support you without paying $1000? Can i be trusted to look pretty enough doing my own hair and makeup?

My cousin has been planning this wedding to this man for EIGHT years. It's finally happening (long...long...long story). So she asked me to be in it. She has no sisters and me and her were close growing up. Sure. No problem. HOWEVER, now that she's planning this thing for real she asked a whole lot from us. I'm in an…

Just devil's advocate here: it is totally possible to have the people you love most supporting you without a wedding party. In fact, in some ways it is easier, because you don't have to select a tiny group of the people you love, but can instead rely upon all the people in your life regardless of gender or ability to…

I cannot understand the mind set of this is "my big day" and I all make all of my friends pay LOTS of money for clothes they will never wear again as well as a whole list of others things I insist they pay for without complaint. Oh and buy me a big gift too. If it's your big day pay for it.

That almost sounds like a humblebrag.

I don't get how you can admit that being in one wedding was "quite pricey," and you needed financial help from your mother to pay for the bridal shower; and that for the other wedding you were so broke that someone else had to pay for your hair and give you a free place to stay, and in the same breath say that it is…

Being a guy is just as bad - My buddy asked me to be his Best Man and expecting him to go the practical route I said yes - Now a month before the wedding my expenses are:

I hear ya, girl. I think people start to feel like it's a punishment because the wedding industrial complex has turned lots of brides and grooms (both) into entitled douchelords. A couple getting married doesn't mean people wait on them hand and foot, it means people who love them come to celebrate in a happy…

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Look at Tungsten Carbide rings. They're cheaper than gold, harder than gold, and come in a range of colors - but most of them are in the silver/gray color family. And there are tons of variations - wood or carbon fiber inlay, patterns, etc. Clicky

If someone picks out clothes for you to wear they should pay for it. End of story.