Twisted. There's no other word for it.
Anyone who was in Helena last year no doubt remembers Montana's first encounter with the Westboro Baptist Church. This is a faux-Christian hate group from Kansas. It claims that (1) God hates gays, (2) God hates anyone who doesn't also hate gays, and (3) God hates America and will destroy it unless it makes sodomy a capital offense. They gained some notoriety protesting the funeral of Matthew Shepherd and terrorizing his mother with taunts that her son was in hell.
The media in and around Topeka has always made it a policy not to give this group attention, though now they've found a new means to get their hate-riddled message into the headlines: setting up demonstrations around the country the the funerals of U.S. servicemen who died while serving in Iraq. I was listening to NPR on the way home from the grocery store this evening. These people claim that the Iraq War (along with 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Skating with Celebrities) is God's punishment of America for tolerance of homosexuals. So now they're showing up at funerals, yelling at widows that their husbands are in hell for fighting on behalf of our country. Real classy fellows. Made me sick.
But their next stunt is tomorrow. WBC plans to protest the funeral of Coretta Scott King. As we watch the Muslim world engage in violence over cartoons suggesting that their religion is violent, let's not forget that we have a few of our own crazies to deal with here.
The media in and around Topeka has always made it a policy not to give this group attention, though now they've found a new means to get their hate-riddled message into the headlines: setting up demonstrations around the country the the funerals of U.S. servicemen who died while serving in Iraq. I was listening to NPR on the way home from the grocery store this evening. These people claim that the Iraq War (along with 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Skating with Celebrities) is God's punishment of America for tolerance of homosexuals. So now they're showing up at funerals, yelling at widows that their husbands are in hell for fighting on behalf of our country. Real classy fellows. Made me sick.
But their next stunt is tomorrow. WBC plans to protest the funeral of Coretta Scott King. As we watch the Muslim world engage in violence over cartoons suggesting that their religion is violent, let's not forget that we have a few of our own crazies to deal with here.
posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood Clark Bar at 2/06/2006 07:28:00 PM
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Great post...I believe that link is a really good one to make and one we shouldn't ignore between religions. Well done.
Who could forget the wonderful display those psychos created here in Helena last year? The only good thing that came out of it was a greater acknowledgement of the issues of hate, and crimes perpetuated by hate, by the college here. We had Judy Shepard speak on campus in October (about six months after WBC's visit), and the room was absolutely packed with people who had remembered the impact that group had on Helena.
WBC protested in Missoula twice before they p[rotested in Helena. UM did the Laramie project, and they also protested some Lamda event. The second time Phelps did not have the guts to show his sleazy face.
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