Posted on 05/31/2011 1:18:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Members of the controversial church that says the deaths of American soldiers are God's way of punishing the United States for tolerating gays and lesbians reportedly met some opposition Monday from a controversial group that says the white race is being "denigrated."
The Knights of the Southern Cross, a Virginia group that claims to be affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, squared off against the Westboro Baptist Church outside Arlington National Cemetery hours before a Memorial Day service attended by President Obama, CNN reported Monday.
The church gained national prominence after winning a Supreme Court ruling in March that said its protests at military funerals were protected by the First Amendment. More recently, members of the church reportedly protested in Joplin, Mo., during Mr. Obama's visit to the tornado-ravaged city Sunday.
"It's an absolute shame that they show up and disrupt people's funerals," said Dennis LaBonte, who said he was the "Imperial Wizard" of the Southern Cross group. "We're just here in support of the troops."
Some of the 10 protesters with the Southern Cross group stood in front of the Westboro protest, which had an attendance of at least three people, in an attempt to block them from street view, CNN reported.
"They have no moral authority on anything," Abigail Phelps, daughter of Westboro founder the Rev. Fred Phelps, told CNN about the Southern Cross group.
Across the street, as many as 70 people shouted down the chants from the Westboro camp, CNN reported.
"They're twisted and confused, and we're just here to show them there are people who think they're completely wrong," Malaika Elias, one of the counterprotesters, told CNN.
Too bad they weren’t all armed and drunk.
Yeah, there’s two groups who could have a war of attrition and I wouldn’t mind too much.
“A plague on both their houses.”
Years ago, we wouldn’t have had these problems......
Wonder if any in the KKK thought about making a sign saying, “Westboro church people burn like a wooden cross”?
Notice they said “we support THE troops”. Wonder which ones? Wehrmacht?
Just thinking that Westboro and the Klan deserve each other. They share a common origin ~ rose up out of the nether regions of the Democrat party, and that’s a lot of nether region!
As Kissinger said in a different context, it’s a shame they both can’t lose...
We should give them shotguns and cheap Scotch
“They have no moral authority on anything,” Abigail Phelps, daughter of Westboro founder the Rev. Fred Phelps, told CNN about the Southern Cross group.
They may not, but you might find them less inhibited to distribute a lot of tough love in your direction...
I never thought I would actually have a favorite in an encounter like this...
This is like the Libyan situation; no good guys in this fight. Let’s arm both sides just enough to even it up, so they’ll kill each other off more effectively!
“Yeah, there’s two groups who could have a war of attrition and I wouldn’t mind too much.”
Yup.
Drag in “La Raza” and racist militant blacks and you’d have a party!!!!
Situations like this, if they recur, might begin to be a problem for groups like the Patriot Guards. You know CNN's next move is going to be to try to confound the Patriot Guards and other Tea Party-type conservative groups with any Klan group that shows up, using the propaganda technique called "bracketing".
CNN reporters might even drop "tips" on the Klan about upcoming Phelps/Westboro BC protests where the Patriot Guards are known to be interested in showing up to protect funeralgoers, just to create such situations.
That deserved an Encore. Bravo.
They are a match made in heaven.
Members of the controversial church that says the deaths of American soldiers are God's way of punishing the United States for tolerating gays and lesbians reportedly met some opposition Monday from a controversial group that says the white race is being "denigrated."I hope neither side was niggardly with the insults.
They're a match alright, but methinks you've mistaken the place of origin...
the infowarrior
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