This is Sick!

Mousey Girl · 08-05-2005, 05:24 AM

A soldier who died in Iraq, leaving a wife and a 5 month old baby is having his funeral services targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. This group is not from any "church" I would ever want to be part of. They are from Kansas, and have no right to crash anyones funeral.
This is the flier they are putting out for the funeral. There is going to be a mass held at Our Lady of Guadalupe here in Bakersfield, they refer to it as Our Lady of Sodom. This is their main website. It just burns me that this group can get away with what they are doing all in the name of free speech. There are already veteran groups planning on being at both the mass and the burial to help thwart the attempts of the group. The poor widow is wonderful. She is far more understanding than I could ever be. She has been all over the local news begging people not to confront the "protesters." She actually investigated the group after they contacted her to advise her against the funeral. She found out that this groups main focus is confrontation. They want people to attack them so they can sue. She found out that there are a lot of lawyers involved in the "church" and have won multiple lawsuits.

I just can't believe that they are coming to Bakersfield. This is not exactly the type of place that condones this sort of behavior. Everyone trash talks Bakersfield, but it has an awesome community support structure set up. I don't think they know what they are stepping into.

Betty · 08-05-2005, 05:30 AM

Apparently they attribute the bombings in London to God too.

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Thank God for the bombing of London's subway today - July 7, 2005 - wherein dozens were killed and hundreds seriously injured. Wish it was many more.

Unbelievable!

SzczerbiakManiac · 08-05-2005, 10:12 AM

Good old Fred Phelps and his followers.

Even Jerry Fallwell called him a "first-class nut".

Hopefully he will die soon. And if we're lucky, he'll take all his folowers with him in a Jim Jones-esque Kool-Aid party.

CoasterMatt · 08-05-2005, 10:26 AM

Or maybe the Boy Scouts will ask him and his followers to set up their tents?

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-05-2005, 10:47 AM

Hatred is always in season somewhere.

Don't worry, they'll get their karma back.

I don't know what I'd do if I ever saw this kind of hate face to face...thankfully, where I live doesn't see too many protests of this kind.

Prudence · 08-05-2005, 11:01 AM

In situations like this, I like to think of the First Amendement as a social Early Warning System. As vile and annoying as they are, morons who insist on loud, obnoxious, distasteful public disturbances are more readily tagged as such and cut off from polite society. It's the ones who outwardly appear reasonable that are the biggest threat.

Still, it's a shame they try to benefit from someone else's sorrow. At least the widow is revealed to be a class act and I hope she someday benefits accordingly.

Not Afraid · 08-05-2005, 11:02 AM

I really an starting to dispise people who stick their noses into places where they don't belong or are not wanted. Live your own life, people!

Motorboat Cruiser · 08-05-2005, 11:11 AM

Yeah, pretty much the only followers he has are all family members who have been brainwashed by this man's hate and years of abuse. There is a pretty comprehensive history and expose of the family here. It is an interesting, if not extremely disturbing, read.

Name · 08-05-2005, 11:14 AM

These are some sick folks. I'm speechless.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-05-2005, 11:16 AM

Nothing says, 'I respect God and all of His creation' like crashing a funeral.

08-05-2005, 05:24 AM	#1
Mousey Girl Just Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Flagon With The Dragon Posts: 2,437	This is Sick! A soldier who died in Iraq, leaving a wife and a 5 month old baby is having his funeral services targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. This group is not from any "church" I would ever want to be part of. They are from Kansas, and have no right to crash anyones funeral. This is the flier they are putting out for the funeral. There is going to be a mass held at Our Lady of Guadalupe here in Bakersfield, they refer to it as Our Lady of Sodom. This is their main website. It just burns me that this group can get away with what they are doing all in the name of free speech. There are already veteran groups planning on being at both the mass and the burial to help thwart the attempts of the group. The poor widow is wonderful. She is far more understanding than I could ever be. She has been all over the local news begging people not to confront the "protesters." She actually investigated the group after they contacted her to advise her against the funeral. She found out that this groups main focus is confrontation. They want people to attack them so they can sue. She found out that there are a lot of lawyers involved in the "church" and have won multiple lawsuits. I just can't believe that they are coming to Bakersfield. This is not exactly the type of place that condones this sort of behavior. Everyone trash talks Bakersfield, but it has an awesome community support structure set up. I don't think they know what they are stepping into.
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08-05-2005, 10:12 AM	#3
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Good old Fred Phelps and his followers. Even Jerry Fallwell called him a "first-class nut". Hopefully he will die soon. And if we're lucky, he'll take all his folowers with him in a Jim Jones-esque Kool-Aid party.
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08-05-2005, 10:47 AM	#5
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Hatred is always in season somewhere. Don't worry, they'll get their karma back. I don't know what I'd do if I ever saw this kind of hate face to face...thankfully, where I live doesn't see too many protests of this kind. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-05-2005, 11:01 AM	#6
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	In situations like this, I like to think of the First Amendement as a social Early Warning System. As vile and annoying as they are, morons who insist on loud, obnoxious, distasteful public disturbances are more readily tagged as such and cut off from polite society. It's the ones who outwardly appear reasonable that are the biggest threat. Still, it's a shame they try to benefit from someone else's sorrow. At least the widow is revealed to be a class act and I hope she someday benefits accordingly. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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08-05-2005, 11:02 AM	#7
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I really an starting to dispise people who stick their noses into places where they don't belong or are not wanted. Live your own life, people!
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	Yeah, pretty much the only followers he has are all family members who have been brainwashed by this man's hate and years of abuse. There is a pretty comprehensive history and expose of the family here. It is an interesting, if not extremely disturbing, read.
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08-05-2005, 11:14 AM	#9
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Nothing says, 'I respect God and all of His creation' like crashing a funeral. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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