Posted on 06/29/2005 4:07:34 PM PDT by MindBender26
Maybe that's a good thing, had they picketed with "God is punishing America with new age euthanasia" or some such thing, they would have (gasp, youknowwhoforbid) helped the anti euthanasia cause. No they just want to be a colossal bloody nuisance that, if they can help it, helps nothing. Just like Satan does.
Maybe that's a BAD thing..
these puppies are no angels themselves
You got that right. The ADL is a very scary organization, and I would tend to disbelieve anything they wrote.
Make your case against the ADL and I'll debate you about it.
I don't think their vices even rise to the level of debatability. Whatever nobility their first vision had, they are now going to the same hell in the same handbasket as the Southern Poverty Law Center is. When a group comes out in favor of "gay rights" (in the sense of governmentally enforced privileges) they have certifiedly gone off the deep end. Dr. Martin Luther King would be ashamed.
Phelps and his Pukeyview 'Baptist' Church have a deservedly vile reputation. In pegging them, the ADL proves that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. But "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is not a motto to trust here.
heheh :)
The protest has been canceled
Planned funeral protest
apparently canceled
Friday, July 1, 2005
A radical
preacher
had planned
to disrupt a
local
soldier's
funeral on
Monday,
the Fourth
of July.
The Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist
Church in Kansas, and some followers planned to
be at the funeral of Sgt. James Stewart, who died
last week in Iraq. Stewart spent most of his
boyhood in St. Petersburg and his mother still lives
there.
Phelps and his followers believe that the deaths of
American soldiers is God's retribution for society's
acceptance of gay Americans. They have been
travelling the country for several weeks, conducting
protests at soldier's funerals.
The minister's
plan outraged
many, including
some local radio
DJs. Those DJs
say they've found a way to keep the protestors
away.
The DJs on the Big Boys morning show on 98
Rock saw the Bay News 9 story, and they called a
spokesperson for the protestors, Shirley Phelps.
Puddin' and
Phatty, as the DJs
are known, cut a
deal -- air time
for a family's
peace.
"We were talking on the air," Phatty said. "And I
said 'What can we do to have you not come to our
city to not do this, to let the family mourn in peace.'
"
"She wanted a platform," Puddin' said.
"She wanted airtime without us yelling back at her,"
Phatty said.
"I tell you how I would come down," Phelps
answered. "Let me answer the question. I won't
come down if you allow me to speak without being
interrupted."
So for 45 minutes the DJs asked Phelps questions,
and did not interrupt her answers.
By the end of the show, Phelps said the protest
was off. They would not come to St. Petersburg.
Stewart's funeral, to be held Monday at Park
Street Baptist Church at 11 a.m., is open to the
public.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/7/1/104971.html
thats good to hear...
although I dont know how happen I am that these whackos got to have the radio airwaves for 45 minutes, but I am sure they were throughly ripped by just about everyone listening...
[[The protest has been canceled]]
That's great because this group of thugs would not have liked what would have been waiting for them.
The Kansas extremists imo would have made things worse for those praying and talking to the media. The police would have loved to take everyone away in a paddy wagon for Auschwitz Woodside.
Oh, I mean they would have actually stirred up some colorful public commentary had they did their "America is heading to hell" thing at a Terri vigil. Kind of like a peacock in a flock of sparrows.
Their god to which they grovel is Publicity.
yep pretty much....
Just got back from the funeral.Big turnout.Church pkng lot was full as was the Walgreens next door.Police and media were there also,but kept their distance.Very quiet+orderly.No hassles.About a dozen or so of us stayed outside to keep an eye out.A member of LoneBikers(not 100% sure about name)was handing out yellow ribbons for mourners to wear.We ran out to Bay Pines Cemetary ahead of the funeral,and again no protestors.
there is a large divide between name calling and pure ignorance, go jump off of it.
thank you to those dj's. I'm sure the family thanks you as well.
My guess is that the organizers could not afford the bus ticket from Kansas, and could not find anyone from Florida who would pick up the torch.
God bless you and your friends for going to the funeral and keeping an eye out. It was a very kind thing to do for the family of this American hero.
Thank you all so very much.
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