Is there noting that the far right "Christian" churches will not do to spread hate and anger in god's name. In the Saturday, January 7, 2006 online edition of the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, it was reported that 4 adults and 3 children attended the funeral of an American solider killed in combat with signs that praised God for dead soldiers.
Mourning, interrupted.
According to the news story filed by Patrick Marley:
Not everyone who came to Sgt. Andrew P. Wallace's visitation in Ripon was welcome.
Among those who stopped by were four adults and three children from the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church who hailed the soldier's death, saying it was God's revenge on a country that accepts homosexuality.
The group has protested outside about 80 funerals and visitations nationwide, said Phelps-Roper, a lawyer and daughter of Fred Phelps, who over the years has protested around the country bearing a "God hates fags" sign."
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Now I know that CNN and the other news outlets cover anything that has to do with Cindy Sheehan groups who want to end the war, making time for right-wing nuts to call her un-American and for the White House to even label anyone who does not support GW and his pals a traitor but I have not heard on thing about this group traveling across the country to upset family and loved ones who served their country in Iraq.
Yet they are showing up and spreading hate and anger, all in the name of Jesus.
The group has protested outside about 80 funerals and visitations nationwide, said Phelps-Roper, a lawyer and daughter of Fred Phelps, who over the years has protested around the country bearing a "God hates fags" sign.
But why is this nut group showing up at the funeral of American soldiers?
Phelps-Roper said her group chose to protest at soldiers' funerals because God was sending a message to Americans by killing troops with the improvised explosive devices.
Ohhhh, wait, let me see if I have this right.
Their god kills innocent, non-homosexual soldiers because someone else is homosexual and because we don't have laws that allow the stoning of homosexuals, someone else must pay some blood fee to that God, so God picked innocent soldiers.
What sick perverted things did this Rev. Phelps do to his daughter to get her mind so twisted? We can only imagine the poor girl's childhood and her serious memory suppressions.
But it gets even worst:
They dragged a U.S. flag on the ground while carrying signs that said "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs," a reference to the improvised explosive device that killed Wallace.
Wait, they dragged a U.S. flag on the ground!!!
They desecrated an American flag in protest?
Now everyone here on this blog knows exactly what would happen had anyone down at Camp Casey desecrated an American flag in protest of GW. The wing-nuts would have gone crazy and been frothing at the mouth.
Yet, we hear noting of these activities. Does that mean its okay if you do it in God's name?
Well, so much for the SCLM.
Help keep this story alive. Spreading the story of the nut activites helps to draw the line between responsible and caring Christians and the kind that Pat Robertson and the GW group support. Knowledge of nut activities helps undermine the Right's hold on the WH and Congress.
If your community is anywhere close to this group of nuts and you loose a community member serving overseas, be aware and help keep these nuts from the family.
This is exactly what gives Jesus a bad name.