Kansas Baptist Church Intends to Picket Heath Ledger's Funeral Because He Played Gay Character

Fox News ^ | 1-23-2008 | Fox News

[Cripplehawk]

Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka said that she and other members will picket Ledger’s United States memorial services, not those held in his native Australia.

“You cannot live in defiance of God,” she said. “He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it’s OK to be gay.”

A press release circulated by the church references Leviticus 18:22 in the Bible, which states that “thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

[Cripplehawk]

Don't these bums have anything better to do this is sickening. But they protested our veterans funerals and Mr. Rogers (or at least tried to). So I guess I am not surprised. Oh and RIP Heath Ledger.

[Slapshot68]

What a disgusting display.

[txhurl]

I thought someone recently won a 9mil judgment against them?

That didn’t shut them down, I see?

[militant2]

Leviticus 18:23: Thou shalt not be a media whore....God hates media whores!!

OK, so I totally made that up!

Militant

[reagan_fanatic]

I would pray for Shirley and Co. to get hit by a bus, but the Lord would never grant that.

He'd sent TWO buses.

[libh8er]

I have long held the belief that Fred Phelps is a big homo himself and this theatrics are intended to assuage his own guilt and shame.

[awakened]

I must be confused.... or have the wrong Bible. Mine says “judge not.....” and says that God will do the judging. Folks like these protesters should be ashamed of calling themselves Christians. By now, this young man has already been judged. They don’t have any business protesting his funeral.

[libh8er]

this = his

[AppyPappy]

Nah. Fred Phelps always shows up where he can get the most publicity. He’s a publicity junkie with a pile of lawyers behind him.

[infidel29]

With the amount of coverage Ledger's death has gotten over the last 24 hours, you'd think he was a National hero.

Get over it media and agenda driven politicos, the crux of his fame is that he pretended to be gay in exchange for money.

That said, I really liked Ledger as an actor in many of his roles.

The Westboro Baptist folks are a prime example of the religious left and what can happen when a lawyer gone bad gets his license to practice law pulled.

[Marie2]

He is simply a crazy man, with a few dedicated crazy followers. They are just crazy. No one should be indulging their madness.

[rockabyebaby]

Some people are just plain dispicable.

[joebuck]

"Mine says “judge not.....” and says that God will do the judging. Folks like these protesters should be ashamed of calling themselves Christians."

Aren't you judging the Phelps' in violation of what you just said? I'm not supporting the Phelps, just showing that your reading of Scripture is unreasonably narrow. We are also told to judge people by their fruits. "By their fruits you shall know them".

[CDHart]

Getting a judgment and getting it paid are two completely different things.

Carolyn

[Red Badger]

Yes, judging isn’t my job or yours or anybody elses, except for the Westboro babtist Church........

[awakened]

Exactly — “by their fruits you shall know them” not “by their fruits you shall judge them”

[tumblindice]

Westboro Baptist Church: the people who think the series `F Troop’ was a PBS documentary.

[awakened]

lol.... folks like that give Baptists a bad name (and yes I am one)

[Tired of Taxes]

But they protested our veterans funerals and Mr. Rogers (or at least tried to).

I can't even begin to understand these people. But I'm curious... What was their reasoning for trying to protest Mr. Rogers' funeral?

[Red Badger]

The Apostle Paul wrote that it’s only okay to judge those IN YOUR CHURCH. Anybody else is God’s business..............