Posted on 04/03/2008 10:49:48 PM PDT by Between the Lines
TOPEKA | Instead of picketing by members of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, about 400 people targeted the church in a Sunday protest of their own. Organizers said the event drew marchers touting messages of compassion and tolerance for homosexuals. The church is known for its anti-gay message and picketing of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Homosexual, heterosexual and transgender pickets hugged, danced and cheered as passers-by honked their support for the protest at Gage Park in Topeka. Organizer Chris Love of Leavenworth said he got the idea for the march after Westboro members picketed actor Heath Ledger's memorial service.
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I just pumped fists in the air in cheer.
DON’T LIKE IT, DO YA, HUH?
But WHEN is some lamestream journalist going to investigate the lefty background of this “church”?
Has anyone done so?
There was a book written but was never released. It ended up on the internet after a lawsuit involving the author or something. (public doc)
Search for “addicted to hate”.
I haven’t actually read it yet.
Addicted to Hate doesn’t support the claim.
I guess home on the range ain't what it used to be........
They aren’t. They are going to continue to let the country assume this is typical of right wing christian fundamentalists.
Clearly, the members of this “church” have got the kind of deep pockets it takes to travel the nation stirring up trouble. I wonder what they will say in the afterlife when Christ asks them why they didn’t spend that money advancing the Gospel so that others could hear about God’s free gift of Salvation for those who turn from their sins?
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