Posted on 03/28/2014 9:50:25 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The Westboro Baptist Church is saying that it will picket an Oklahoma liquor store that put up a sign mocking the death of the group’s founder, Fred Phelps.
Phelps died on March 20 at the age of 84.
To commemorate the occasion, Moore Liquor decided to have a champagne sale and posted a sign reading, "Fred Phelps 1929-2014, Champagne 10% off! Not a coincidence."
The WBC doesn’t find the sign funny and plans to protest. The store sounds fine with it.
"I was a little reticent about putting up the sign in the first place because I have two good parents who raised me not to speak ill of the dead, but I couldn’t help feeling that the world was a better place without Fred Phelps," store owner Bryan Kerr told the Huffington Post.
"He did so much to spread his special brand of hatred while bastardizing Christian principles that I thought it might be appropriate to recognize his lack of corporeal existence with some celebration. As a Christian myself, I truly hope that Fred found some peace with God and maybe even had a change of heart before passing."
Don’t mess with drunks getting to a sale on booze.
Christian's shouldn't picket anyone's funeral. Not out of respect for the dead but out of respect for the family and friends of those losing their loved one. Such poor taste.
I'll say one thing for the old geezer, he sure changed laws in a lot of states - Missouri created a law where people can't picket funerals I think 2 hours before and 2 hours after (or 1 hour before and 1 hour after) so he left a legacy of sorts.
rumor has it that obie thinks that Phelps is the TWELFTH IMAM..and that he will soon rise from the dead to establish the worldwide caliphate
considering his excommunication, maybe throwing in a jar of vaseline would be appropriate
Westboro Baptist is NOT a christian church. Its a fringe group of fanatics. True Christians would have nothing to do with these wack jobs.
Explain please
They are not Baptists no more than I am Asian (I am not).
And nobody really wants what they’re selling, even at 10% off.
This is an advertising godsend to this liquor store, worth more than 10 years worth of conventional advertising. They should run with it for all it’s worth.
They might even post novelty drink recipes, like a tequila sunrise with a raisin on the bottom, called “Fred Phelps in Hell”.
I said I would protest the Westboro Baptiat Church. I did not state I would protest “with them”.
ah. Sorry if I offended. I really do NOT like this group I have many family members in the service.
HYSTERICAL!
That’s a joke.
Jews don’t recognize Jesus
Protestants don’t recognize the pope
Babtists don’t recognize eachother at the liquor store
How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all your beer when you take him fishing?
Take two.
Beat me to it! Good on you!
Thank you.
I found no images with the word sunglsses.name in their image info
to which images were you referring?
Could be an MBAM new version bug, but wanted to make folks aware in case .. bbs
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