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Westboro Baptist Church to protest Veterans Funeral in Bordentown, NJ 1/22/2011
Obituary from The Times of Trenton ^

Posted on 01/21/2011 3:10:35 PM PST by CharlieL

I've received word that Westboro Baptist Church (according to their website) will be picketing the funeral of a decorated veteran in Bordentown, NJ on Saturday, January 22nd. We are seeking volunteers to form a silent wall to block the sight of it so the family can bury their son in peace.

(Excerpt) Read more at obits.nj.com ...


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: funeral; pgr; veteran; westborobaptist
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To: CharlieL

Why is there not a federal law against this? The founding fathers wanted us to be able to say anything against politicians but when championing freedom of speech I don’t believe they had this in mind.


21 posted on 01/22/2011 12:55:37 AM PST by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: Munz

The Westburros, in their twisted theology, think it gets them glory. There is no logic as to choosing the most sympathetic audience to their message.


22 posted on 01/22/2011 3:04:34 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: CharlieL

ping


23 posted on 01/22/2011 4:48:41 AM PST by CharlieL
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To: CharlieL; 1 Olgoat; 103198; 10Ring; 11Bush; 1stbn27; 2ndhandrose; 2SterlingConservatives; ...

DC Chapter Master Ping List

If you are in the area the family of Specialist Moore could use your help.


24 posted on 01/22/2011 5:00:20 AM PST by trooprally (Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
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To: pandoraou812

PGR ...they are on it (heavy)


25 posted on 01/22/2011 5:15:40 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: CharlieL

They are in it for the money. Their entire protest is a scam. They are scamming the bereaved. They want someone to hit them so they can sue. There has got to be a legal way to make these scumbags pay a big, big price for their scum-actions. This is not free speech.


26 posted on 01/22/2011 5:20:29 AM PST by samtheman
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To: CaptainAmiigaf

Oh, they’ll meet Him alright,...it’s just a question of the bema seat or great White Throne Judgment. If the former, then I suspect they are leaving a lot of crowns on the table which had been made for them in eternity past. If the latter, then they might be very surprised.


27 posted on 01/22/2011 5:21:04 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: samtheman

I tend to place them in the same category as Obama’s Trinity United Church of Christ. “Unapologetically Christian” (an oxymoron)


28 posted on 01/22/2011 5:34:20 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: AGreatPer

one day they will be sorry.


29 posted on 01/22/2011 7:36:35 AM PST by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh...Man of all the years. Trust Rush he stands for America.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It is a despicable act.
Completely void of any empathy for the family who is grieving.

Shameful


30 posted on 01/22/2011 11:55:10 AM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: trooprally

I’d like to pick my nose and then shake Fred Phelps’ hand.


31 posted on 01/22/2011 1:08:40 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (up)
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To: SnakeDoctor
Is it a sin to hope for a bus accident to take out the whole lot of them? I’d protest their funeral. SnakeDoc

God knows we're all sinners - and He forgives us.

32 posted on 01/22/2011 1:55:20 PM PST by GOPJ (How Liberal Journalists Think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF3hbPtCttc)
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To: Doogle

Great! I was hoping so but I’ve been so sick past 2 yrs I can’t ride much so I am out of the loop. All I could do was post the info I had. I hope all went well & thanks! Pandy


33 posted on 01/22/2011 9:27:25 PM PST by pandoraou812 (You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.)
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To: pandoraou812; All

...all accounts the proceedings went well.


34 posted on 01/24/2011 3:16:03 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Flicking it would be much more appropriate...


35 posted on 01/24/2011 4:38:00 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus' sayin')
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To: CharlieL
What do the majority of these 'congregants' do for a living. Am amazed that they have the funds to move all over the Country at the 'drop' of a death announcement. Are they 'funded' otherwise by donations or do they pay with their own money for their outings. . .

Anyone know?

36 posted on 01/25/2011 9:12:53 AM PST by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .Obama, not made in the USA either.. .)
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To: CharlieL

These “people” give religion a bad name. The churches in the area should unite against them.


37 posted on 01/25/2011 9:17:24 AM PST by McGruff (If you repeat a lie enough times some idiots will believe it.)
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To: cricket
They claim they use their own money to travel to protest funerals & some of the Phelps are lawyers. Fred was disbarred. Not all of the many kids stayed, some left & have spoken out of terrible beatings etc. Fred is a very sick man & Shirley is a demon. Why we don't all do a mass picket for days at their church compound I don't know. If they can do it to us maybe a taste of their own medicine would be nice. I think they are funded by somebody, who I don't know. You have to remember that Fred has made a living suing for anything & everything he can. They want you to hit them so they can sue you. That may fund their pickets.

Westboro Baptist Church is based in a circle of houses in a middle-class Topeka neighborhood. In one house, Phelps raised his family, and eventually the neighbors' houses were purchased, effectively creating a compound. All the houses share a large fenced backyard. To Phelps' congregation he is "Gramps" -- nine of his thirteen children belong to the group (four having fallen away), along with dozens of grandchildren and a handful of followers unrelated by blood. The adults hold jobs and the children attend school, but they otherwise do not associate with outsiders. All of them, even the youngest children, are expected to join in the pickets.

He was suspended from the practice of law for two years beginning in 1969, on three counts of professional misconduct. He was disbarred in 1979 for showing "little regard for the ethics of his profession", after several of his court filings seemed to be increasingly at odds with the facts of the assorted matters. The family's law firm continues to operate. Of Phelps' children, all adults, at least 11 are lawyers, and several work for the family firm.

Hope this gives you some insight to the WBC wackadoodles.

38 posted on 01/25/2011 8:46:08 PM PST by pandoraou812 (You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

From what I’ve heard about them, they seem to be a cult of lawyers that sue a lot. Suing people seems to take up a lot of their time. They also have the charismatic leader, the heretical teachings, the expulsion of people who question their teachings and isolation of members you find in other cults.


39 posted on 01/28/2011 8:46:09 AM PST by MichiganConservative (Terrorists don't commit genocide. That's what governments do.)
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To: cubreporter
Amen. They are scum, low lives, ignorant, heartless, souless, ugly, vile, lame, evil of heart, evil of mind, void of anything decent and just downright vile. They are truly without God...

Don't be redundant. Haven't you heard? Fred Phelps is a Democrat.

40 posted on 01/28/2011 12:27:31 PM PST by Chunga (Go, Sarah, GO!! - Jim Robinson)
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