Posted on 10/17/2007 11:35:14 AM PDT by pissant
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church are urging Fred Thompson to support their stance on homosexuality _ a position on which they say the Republican presidential candidate once "saw eye to eye" with them.
Thompson was hired for a mid-1980s legal case in Kansas on the recommendation of Margie Phelps, daughter of Westboro founder Fred Phelps.
The Topeka, Kan.-based church is now best known for protesting at soldiers' funerals, claiming their deaths are retribution for the nation's acceptance of homosexuality.
Thompson campaign spokeswoman Karen Hanretty on Wednesday dismissed the church as "a radical fringe group, looking to draw attention to themselves."
"Their behavior at the funerals of fallen soldiers is disgraceful and reprehensible," she said. "In no way do these people share Fred's values."
Church members released an open letter to Thompson this week, saying he had discussed his views on homosexuality with them while handling the case of a woman who had sued the state's Republican attorney general for sexual harassment.
"We know what your position used to be on the homosexual question _ and it was wonderful, and we saw eye to eye," church members said in the letter to Thompson.
That statement appears to conflict with comments made by Margie Phelps to the Journal-World of Lawrence, Kan., in June about her interaction with Thompson.
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Phelps should’ve been committed 40 years ago.
Why not? Fox isn't really about conservative ideology, that's just a gimmick to stake out their place in the market.
With Fox, it's all about the money. Nothing wrong with that, but we oughtn't expect anything else.
“I can see AP running this kind of garbage, but Fox?”
Fox is in the tank for Rooty.
Living in NYC apparently rots the brain.
And look whose posting it. FR`s #1 anti-Fred slimo.
The trashtalking, pissant! LOL
Yeah, and look at the ankle biter who shows up flapping his gums even as I defend Fred.
LOL!
“Fox is in the tank for Rooty.
Living in NYC apparently rots the brain.”
NYC Disease.
I don’t want you defending FRed.
And I don’t want you voting for FRed either.
Fred doesn’t need you Duncanista`s to beat Rooty.
Buzz off!
I’d trust Hillary over the Westboro freaks!
It’s very funny that a person named “Reagan Man” would be a Romney supporter, given how openly Romney poured disdain on Reagan.
They’re not. They’re just independent hate- and insanity-mongering freaks.
No worries, I’m not supporting Fred and he won’t be the one to beat Rudy either.
But buzz off? From my own thread? You are an arrogant ankle biter. ROFL
The loggers seem to have more sash bashers working with Ron Paul. I don’t even think it is direct. I don’t see any high profile loggers working with him, just the mobs for higher. I’m still more interested in the Robert Traynham sightings with Thompson events. Now he is a czar in LCR!
Fred doesn’t need you’re support or your vote either. Stick with the waffler RINO, Mitt Boy!
I think Reagan Man is supporting Fred this week.
They were Gore-supporters. So does this mean the Donks see Fred as their main threat?
That is because it seems Gore is running:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1911243/posts
I think Al Gore is Running 2008
Don’t go that far.
“Living in NYC apparently rots the brain.”
They voted two times for Ronald Reagan.
In 1980, Reagan beat Carter by 2.67%
In 1984, Reagan beat Mondale by 8.07%
What a change. They have blacklisted him today.
Fine. Don't vote for him either.
Btw, you're arrogance is only exceeded by your ignorance.
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