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Sunday, February 12, 2006
Phelps holding protests at funerals, says God is punishing us for gay tolerance Many of us have also been told that the liberals and apologists are responsible for America's woes. Well, you're all wrong. It's God who is doing it to us, as punishment for tolerating homosexuals. This is the message of the Westboro Baptist Church, its pastor, the Reverend Fred Phelps, and his family, including his daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper. "We are delivering a message. God is punishing this nation and he is using the IED as his weapon of choice," she said. Over the last few weeks, demonstrators from the church have turned up at memorials for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the funerals for the 12 West Virginia miners who died in a mine explosion last January, and even the funeral of Coretta Scott King in Georgia. They have carried signs reading 'Thank God for Dead Soldiers,' 'You're Going to Hell', 'Fags Doom Nations', 'God is America's Terror' and 'Don't Worship the Dead'. They are undaunted by efforts to stop them, claiming that the right to free speech allows them to protest like this. "It's all good. It's not going to stop us," said Phelps-Roper. "We have the moral high ground." No doubt they consider themselves "conservatives". It's people like this that give us a bad name. And by us, I mean heterosexuals. And Americans. And Christians. And Humans. The Small Town Hick also posts at Observations of a Small Town Hick, and at Page 10 International. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by smalltownhick at 7:40 PM |
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