It's kind of a dumb exercise because, like a list of the worst Beatles songs, it suggests that the church does worthwhile things when it's not thanking God for AIDS and improvised explosive devices.
Still, it's good to be reminded that the church gained notoriety for protesting at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was beaten to death in Wyoming in 1998.
After Shepard's murder, then President Bill Clinton urged Congress to expand the list of hate crimes to include crimes involving sexual orientation. Congress finally made it happen in 2009.
Westboro Baptist, meanwhile, continues to protest funerals. The Phelps clan announced last week that it planned to picket the funeral of Steve Jobs. Beating writers at The Onion to the punch, Margie Phelps used an iPhone to spread the word on Twitter. Alas, the funeral was private and conducted at an undisclosed location.
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There are so many things I don't understand about the WBC--and probably don't care to understand, as a glimpse into this mindset would be unpleasant. But you know what, the thing I always remember when reading about these terrible people is the fact that one of their leaders, Brent Roper, is employed as the Director of HR at the NAIC right here in KC. Utterly disgusting that there are professionals in our city who are forced to abide by rules he makes and that there is a supposedly legitimate organization that employs such a terrible person. Hate speech should not be protected. Speech that incites violence against others is wrong and disgusting, and I doubt it will be tolerated much longer. These people deserve to rot. I'm content to sit back and wait for the inevitable.
This renegade lawyer family has spent an entire lifetime dedicated to destroying innocent human beings just because they can do so with no fear that their victims have any legal recourse by appealing to our courts for protection . Americans have always fought for the right be free of tyranny of any sort and this certainly includes freedom from hateful public harassment by an organized gang of deranged thugs claiming they are doing God's work. Why, in the name of God did the Supreme Court rule a year or so ago that American Citizens are helpless to defend themselves against such vicious verbal assaults. This makes a mockery of the freedoms we have fought for. There was a time when one could either sue for slander or challenge a slanderer to a duel. When the courts take away all recourse to protection under the law against verbal assault, they leave us naked in a potential blizzard, with no place to turn unless one is wealthy enough to enter the legal jungle.
I wonder if hateful people/organizations are not a test of our commitment to love and tolerance. If we can recognize the entities as being misguided and loathesome, but still not hate them, we have succeeded in remaining true to our beliefs.
BTW, Albino Mike, she wasn't "the first woman." It was the first vote BY a woman....
Luke 6:37
"Judge not, and ye shall NOT be judged: condemn not, and ye shall NOT be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"
It is a shame that Kansas is usually invoked with the Westboro Clan. This is the state where the fight against slavery began, where the first woman cast a vote and where Brown v Topeka Board of Education happened. Not that KS is a hot bed pf Liberalism but it is a moral center that the rest of the US could follow. Also HuffPost missed one. The birth of Fred Phelps.
This pastor apparently does not know that GOD was the creator of the very first draft for the soldiers in the army of Israel to destroy unbelievers. That is found in the bible itself. Anyone who believes in Jesus, also believes his teachings about love and compassion, gentleness and kindness, mercy and meekness. If people believe these teachings, they act them out and prove they believe in Christ. Those who do not parctice these rules....? Practice what thou preacheth. And apparently this man preaches hatred. In the end, GOD will have the LAST word....will he catch this pastor unawares and acting out hatred?
Everyone within Westboro, are no doubt anything short of satan worshippers. They dont spread the love of Jesus at all, the bible is a 66 book love letter, never once does it teach hate.
Clearly they are so brainwashed by our adversary that they think their doing right.
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It's a shame that those within the flock of the Westboro Baptist Church have gained the attention that is does not deserve through its' lack of decency and Christian values. The more that I read and hear regarding the insensitivity of this clan makes me more than glad I do not reside within 100 miles of their "dwelling". I call it a "dwelling" because I fail to recognize it as a church. It makes me wonder if they would consider protesting the funeral of one of their own.
How are they certain that none of their flock is LBGT? Is any of their flock veterans of the Armed Services? Are any of their members families and friends military, ex military or lead an Alternative lifestyle? Maybe they are required to complete a resume, undergo a background check and submit a urine sample before their membership into the lost flock of sheep is decided by those who claim to be men of God, but speak with the tongue of Satan.
Although I feel it utterly disrespectful and classless, I wonder how those of the flock of the lost sheep at Westboro Baptist would feel if the funeral of one of their own were picketed and signs held high regarding those of Westboro Baptist as the sons and daughters of Satan, and that God Hates Westboro Baptist parishoners?!?
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