Posted on 07/30/2005 8:32:49 PM PDT by jmc1969
Moorhead, MN -- A controversial Kansas church plans to picket the funeral of a North Carolina-based marine who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
A church attorney says ten members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, plan to picket before the Camp Lejeune Marine's funeral in Moorhead, Minnesota.
The church blames the US government for a bomb that exploded on its compound in 1995.
The Westboro Baptist Church says it was bombed to stop its anti-gay preaching.
Church members say they protest at soldiers funerals to tie the deaths to the church bombing.
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I think Freds closet isn't big enought for his action figures
Insane inbred hillbillies, seeking attention.
You know, I someone were to beat the everlovin' shiz out of these scumbags, maybe they'd quit.
He's probably a self-loathing homosexual himself. Wouldn't be the first time it's happened.
These people are your cherry democrats. The manner of attending to such swine it to "bleep" them with barbed wire.
Why not get their names and photos and show up at their door demonstrating whatever flips their switch.
No "church" would "protest" at a funeral. These are Leftists maggots, nothing more. They should have the shit beaten out of them, on a daily basis, until they expire.
ping
The very idea of picketing a Christian funeral by a 'self proclaimed' Christian is heretical to say the least.
Fred Phelps is a single issue obsessive compulsive who is in dire need of mental health intervention.
One of the first rights Christians in ancient Rome fought for was the right to bury their dead in peace.
The fact that this is the funeral of a soldier pushes Phelps' obsession to quite another level.
I hope everyone in town shows up to line the streets to protect the family from the hatred that Phelps and his group will be spewing.
Not THESE nutbags AGAIN!
I need a drink...
"Church members say they protest at soldiers funerals to tie the deaths to the church bombing."
What an utterly reprehensible lack of respect and selfish disregard for the feelings of the loved ones and friends of our fallen soldiers. How can they possibly imagine that they can gain anything positive from this type of behavior?
No matter the actual structure, anyone who calls their property a "compound" is likely begging to get bombed in some fashion.
Kneecap! Meet baseball bat!
Put some Prozac in their kookaid. People like these give Christoan churches a bad name. Like the liberals they can't think and compare apples to cow pies.
vaudine
Oh cut me a break, he's out to discredit Christianity.
A local radio guy spoke with them, first dad and then one of the daughters, and that bunch is nuttier than a pecan pie. Very sad for the service members' families when this group shows up.
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