I was going to post this elsewhere, but it's more to me about Ju Koon than anything else. It's a bit revolting, so I'm spoiler-tagging it for anyone who might want to avoid a potential JuKoon-ish buzz kill.
Spoiler:
I'm afraid I kind of agree with a Federal District Court that just reversed a $5million judgment against those delightful protest pranksters, The Westboro Baptist Church ... this one stemming from their pathetic protests at Iraq War Military Funerals with signs like
Thank God for Dead Soldiers -and- Semper Fi Semper Fags. It's disgusting, but perhaps protected free speech.
Well, this week,
just in time for Ju Koon ...
They descend on Brooklyn:
The group will protest on Saturday in front of Congregation Beth Elohim on Eighth Avenue in Park Slope at 9:45 am, at Union Temple on Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights at 10 am and the Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill at 12:30 pm on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
On Wednesday, Westboro Baptist spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper said the rallies were not anti-Jewish or anti-gay.
"How about we call it an ‘Obey your God’ rally?' she said.
"You Jews and gays have got to put away your false gods, your idols and your filthy way of life." She added that
"God hates the disobedient." ... "We picked these weekends because these are the high holidays," she said.
"You Jews broke the covenant with God. The beast is going to bring the nations to march upon Jerusalem. Your houses will be destroyed and your women ravaged. It’s going to make the Holocaust, the Babylonian captivity and the destruction of the Temple look like a tea party."
