Ah protest in the morning

[chelelev]

There is nothing I hate more than bigotry, in all forms but these people deserve a special place in hell.

There is a group who hate in the name of God. BTW, I am pretty sure their God is male, white, straight, and of a certain class structure. These people are known as the "outreach committee" from Westboro Baptist church of Topkea, Kansas. They make it their business to travel to different events and protest that the ills of today's society are because their God hates fags and the evils of homosexuality (why do I think their pastor is a repressed gay boy?). Their signs thank God for 9/11 because that was in retaliation for this country's wanton ways. Not to mention Katrina and Rita. Their latest? That American's are being killed in Iraq because God is punishing America for its stance on gays.

They have made statements that they are coming to town to protest at a fallen soldier's funeral. I do believe they showed up at Michael Shepard's funeral too. The call has been put out for people to come in support of the late Sgt. Morrison and his family. I can do that. I can get up in these people's faces and tell them exactly what I think of them. I can glare at them at 10 paces as well as at 100 paces.

Don't confuse this protest with something akin that I am in support of the war, I am in support of people having the right to bury their dead without an asshole outside shouting hateful things.

Mark, I am on my way to Yakima in the morning. Maybe I will hit the fair too (might as well kill two birds with one stone).

Do people really think like him?

Comments

[dantc.livejournal.com]

If Phelps and the members of his inbred family "church" show up, they generally leave after waving their placards around for about five minutes. That's if they have the balls to get out of their bus -- most of the time they drive right by without stopping. In some towns, the cops will even let you get in a couple of punches at them before pushing you out of the way.

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

I would love to get a couple of punches in. I wouldn't mind if they didn't show up or just did the drive-by. This is so not the time or the place to be spewing their warped sense of Christianity. Anywhere else but at a funeral.

At least they will be out numbered.