Posted on 11/10/2005 11:23:25 AM PST by LibertyRocks
OPERATION HERO ALERT:
Funeral Services for Army Spc. Benjamin A. Smith
Counter-Protest of WBC
Friday, 11/11/2005*
Bethel Luthern Church - Hudson, WI
OPERATION HERO is spreading word of a planned picket by Westboro Baptist Church
during the funeral services for Army Spc. Benjamin A. Smith.
Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing during the
funeral service for Army Spc. Smith on Friday, November 11 in Hudson, WI.
This anti-Troops/anti-war "liberal" hate group will be protesting
at 10 am outside the church, located at 920 3rd Street.
Please show your support for this hero!
Info about Army Spc. Benjamin A. Smith
Hudson soldier killed in Iraq was on second tour of duty
Janesville Gazette-Extra
http://www.gazetteextra.com/iraq_smith110705.asp
Iraq bomb kills Hudson soldier, 21
Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/stories/722/5709715.html
Hudson soldier killed in Iraq blast
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/13087102.htm
OUR HEROES DESERVE YOUR SUPPORT!
BACKGROUND INFO about the church group -
Search on keyword WBC or Fred Phelps here at FR to uncover a whole lot of info and stories
about their past activities. WARNING: It will make you sick!
Gore Political Ties to "God Hates Fags" Founders Uncovered -
http://www.lcrga.com/archive/200010251159.shtml
RE: WBC & FRED PHELPS - The Military's View...
FORCE PROTECTION (FP) ADVISORY MESSAGE 05-180
(THREAT TO MILITARY FUNERALS)// REF/A/MSG/CMC/051956Z JUL 05//REF A IS HQ USNORTHCOM FORCE PROTECTION (FP) ADVISORY MESSAGE 05-180 (THREAT TO MILITARY FUNERALS)// RMKS/
1. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION POSSIBLE TO ALL COMMANDS, UNITS AND PERSONNEL. ENSURE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR ALL DOD PERSONNEL PARTICIPATING IN OR ATTENDING FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MILITARY MEMBERS.
2. USNORTHCOM IS TRANSMITTING THIS FP ADVISORY BASED ON RECENT REPORTS OF PROTEST GROUP ACTIVITIES TO PICKET MILITARY FUNERALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
2.A. A GROUP FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH (WBC) LOCATED IN TOPEKA, KANSAS HAS PROTESTED OR IS PLANNING TO PICKET AND PROTEST AT PUBLIC FUNERALS OF PERSONNEL KILLED IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM. THIS GROUP HAS REPORTEDLY ANNOUNCED VIA THEIR WEBSITE THAT THEY INTEND TO PROTEST FUNERALS IN ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, IOWA, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, AND WEST VIRGINIA.
2.B. THERE IS NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE THAT THIS GROUP PLANS ANY FORM OF VIOLENT ACTIVITY AND THEY ARE NOT KNOWN TO INITIATE PHYSICAL CONTACT. HOWEVER, THIS GROUP DOES EMPLOY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE TECHNIQUES INTENDED TO PROVOKE A HOSTILE RESPONSE OR OFFENSIVE REACTION FROM OTHERS. THEY WILL EMPLOY WRITTEN AND VERBAL INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE AGAINST THE DECEASED PERSON, THEIR FAMILY, AND MILITARY PERSONNEL TO ELICIT DESIRED RESPONSES. THIS GROUP WILL THEN FILE A CIVIL ACTION IN AN EFFORT TO REACH A SETTLEMENT IN ORDER TO FUND FUTURE ACTIVITIES.
3. SERVICES AND MILITARY UNITS PERFORMING AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE FUNERAL DETAILS SHOULD:
3.A. ENSURE LOCAL AREA THREAT ASSESSMENTS CONSIDER THIS AS A POTENTIAL THREAT.
3.B. COORDINATE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT/CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES AT ANY TIME WBC MEMBERS OR SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS ARE BELIEVED TO BE PROTESTING.
4. ALL DOD PERSONNEL/FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN OR ATTENDING MILITARY FUNERALS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING:
4.A. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF REPORTED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WBC AND THEIR METHODS.
4.B. DO NOT PERSONALLY ENGAGE PROTESTORS IN ANY WAY; VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY.
4.C. ALLOW CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES TO ADDRESS ANY INFLAMMATORY SITUATIONS OR EFFORTS TO IMPEDE THE FUNERAL PROCESSIONAL
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Let's show our support!
Please help spread the word - Patriotic Americans needed to shelter family and friends from Phelps's and the WBC's hate message in Hudson, WI tomorrow...
I thought this guy Phelps was an extreme anti-gay guy. Has he become anti-US now? What have I missed? (I don't follow his activities on a daily basis u know...)
I thought this guy Phelps was an extreme anti-gay guy. Has he become anti-US now? What have I missed? (I don't follow his activities on a daily basis u know...)
Phelps and his Whelps. Feh!
God bless the military and anyone that can put these creeps in their place.
Phelps is anti everything!
Phelps and his "activists" thank God for the killing of U.S. Soldiers... If you look up his site you will see it's nothing but intense hatred. I try to stay away from the main pages of his site, and only look at their picket information. That's still enough to make one sick...
These cretins need to experience a strong expression of free speech in the form of a major ass kicking!
I'm thinking he's just a far-left liberal acting like he's a religious conservative in order to make religious conservatives look bad by association.
PING!
He's at it again!
Ms.B
"I'm thinking he's just a far-left liberal acting like he's a religious conservative in order to make religious conservatives look bad by association."
Perhaps he is a Larouche type...someone who "transcends" normal categories.
I wish someone would get rid of these jerks. Thank God Oklahoma is doing something about it there. Maybe the rest of us need to petition our legislators to get this taken care of.
PLEASE NOTE:
The WBC group will be starting their protest at 9:30am
as family and friends arrive at the Funeral home... Sorry for the mis-information regarding times...
I can't wait till that POS gets his ticket punched. I'm going to find where he's buried and take a steaming dump on his grave.
Here goes -
I'm trying to visualize Jesus going to a funeral to protest. He wants to cause extra suffering for the grieving family in order to make a political point... hmm.. having a hard time with this one.
WBC, be advised that I give your man Phelps a '3 out of 5' rating on the Koreshometer. This is disturbingly high, and borderline dangerous. Add one point to his rating in the event of -
Phelps asking to sleep with your family members for allegedly religious purposes.
Tanks arriving outside your place of worship.
Off to contact the Legionairres again... Be right back
Oh man, that's one hell of a conspiracy to enact your entire life and indoctrinate your entire family into.
How can this article claim that Westboro Baptist is liberal when they pretty obviously do not adhere to any classical or localized definition of liberalism? I wouldn't call them conservative either really, except in the Burkean sense of maintaining existing social order (anti-gay).
They were here in Bedford Indiana this last weekend. (Indiana state representative Brent Steele is sponsoring a resolution to make picketing a military funeral a crime. I don't know the deatils) We ignored them. It apparently pissed them off. The papers didn't even run pictures. Huge, huge, huge, non-event
Email sent to American Legion Riders of Wisconsin.
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