Who says LEOs are unhelpful and abuse their authority?

The Constitution does not provide rules for or provide in any way for decent behavior; decency is another matter entirely. The whole thing is, more than anything else, an indication of the mores that "church" espouses. Further, the boys in blue have some discretion in enforcing local laws, which it seems they exercised rather broadly. The boy's and citizen's mores are more in concert with civilized behavior in this instance, I think, than the "church" behavior. I to them for creativity.

That said, it's my belief that the "church" would win in court if any of the family's support groups or people were charged and evidence provided. Seems like the activities were in the plausible deniability arena. Love it. Would be interesting to see how long a change of venue might have taken, eh?

Also, I dare say that the cops can deal with the parking lot problem, it's within their purview to deal with interferences of free movement of any citizen on public or private property if invited in to do so. (Here, I'll assume the motel knew of the call and activity, and approved of it, even if tongue in cheek.)

I'd (almost) hate to see the consequences of that outfit were to get in the way of a patriot's funeral up here in the hills. Some of my neighbors are pretty creative, and a couple more are pretty blunt when it comes to common courtesy. Paybacks are hell, 'tis said ---

And yes, most cemetaries are private property, owned by an association or church organization. However, the fact is that one can see in, and what one sees over the fence is pretty well acknowledged to be in the public domain.

AD, you're correct, the forefathers did not see the degradation of social behavior. More's the pity; they figured that people would bring up the following generation as they were raised. Didn't happen, obviously, and too many "rights" have been inferred or conferred on anal pores. It's got to the point where the lines between rights and conferred privileges is so blurry that almost anything goes.