Westboro Baptist Curch Is At It Again

[Damen]

*sighs* It's never enough. I'm reading an article on Doctor Tiller's funeral when, as it get to the end, I notice...the paragraph.


news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090606/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_shooting

Saturday's funeral event drew 17 demonstrators from Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, known for picketing soldiers' funerals and declaring their deaths are punishment for U.S. tolerance of homosexuality.

The group's members also oppose abortion — one of their signs called it "bloody murder."

I'm really not surprised, in fact, I was actually wondering where they were. I guess I was holding out hope that they had finally grown a conscience. Silly me.

[Old Viking]

The bereaved are like chum to these people.

[Nutcase]

Luke 17:37 - And answering they said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered."

[syndrome]

I was actually just reading this a moment ago, don't any of these people have like jobs or something? I guess I don't get how a person can get a jolly off some one's death while supporting the idea of every human life being precious at the same time.

[kwenf]

Jun 6, 2009 14:27:21 GMT -5 syndrome said:

I was actually just reading this a moment ago, don't any of these people have like jobs or something? I guess I don't get how a person can get a jolly off some one's death while supporting the idea of every human life being precious at the same time.

I think you're confusing Westboro Baptist Church with something else...

[HoJuSimpson]

"The Westboro Baptist demonstration drew about a dozen counter-demonstrators, and the two groups shouted insults at each other before the service and tried to drown each other out with singing." Lulz, pathetic.

Jun 6, 2009 14:26:48 GMT -5 Nutcase said:

Luke 17:37 - And answering they said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered."

*snicker*

[darthtoxic]

Honestly, is anyone remotely surprised? I thought it would be a given for them to be there.

I really wish the internet would stop buzzing over everything these people did. They're attention whores, plain and simple. Stop giving them so much attention, and they might stop.

[syndrome]

Jun 6, 2009 14:49:57 GMT -5 kwenf said:

Jun 6, 2009 14:27:21 GMT -5 syndrome said:

I was actually just reading this a moment ago, don't any of these people have like jobs or something? I guess I don't get how a person can get a jolly off some one's death while supporting the idea of every human life being precious at the same time.

I think you're confusing Westboro Baptist Church with something else...

Actually no, I was leaning more to the idea that they, more than likely, are pro-life advocates, but at the same time knowing that lot, they probably have "Thank God for dead _____" what ever on their picket signs.

[dasfuchs]

Jun 6, 2009 14:27:21 GMT -5 syndrome said:

I was actually just reading this a moment ago, don't any of these people have like jobs or something? I guess I don't get how a person can get a jolly off some one's death while supporting the idea of every human life being precious at the same time.

I don't know how any one of them could hold down a job, much less be employed if they're in any way linked to that group of retards
It's my theory they live off some fortune and tax loopholes...i almost wonder if the IRS was to really dig into the members, how many tax cheats would they find

[syndrome]

They must, I just can't imagine how they are able to take so much time off to protest.

[devilschaplain2]

Jun 6, 2009 15:49:03 GMT -5 syndrome said:

Jun 6, 2009 14:49:57 GMT -5 kwenf said:

I think you're confusing Westboro Baptist Church with something else...

Actually no, I was leaning more to the idea that they, more than likely, are pro-life advocates, but at the same time knowing that lot, they probably have "Thank God for dead _____" what ever on their picket signs.

Yeah, their signs are like fundie mad libs...

[delirium]

Jun 6, 2009 17:48:29 GMT -5 dasfuchs said:

Jun 6, 2009 14:27:21 GMT -5 syndrome said:

I was actually just reading this a moment ago, don't any of these people have like jobs or something? I guess I don't get how a person can get a jolly off some one's death while supporting the idea of every human life being precious at the same time.

I don't know how any one of them could hold down a job, much less be employed if they're in any way linked to that group of retards
It's my theory they live off some fortune and tax loopholes...i almost wonder if the IRS was to really dig into the members, how many tax cheats would they find

IIRC Shirley and a few others are lawyers and one of them is an aerobics instructors.

[lonelocust]

Jun 6, 2009 20:19:28 GMT -5 delirium said:

Jun 6, 2009 17:48:29 GMT -5 dasfuchs said:

I don't know how any one of them could hold down a job, much less be employed if they're in any way linked to that group of retards
It's my theory they live off some fortune and tax loopholes...i almost wonder if the IRS was to really dig into the members, how many tax cheats would they find

IIRC Shirley and a few others are lawyers and one of them is an aerobics instructors.

Fred Phelps was also a lawyer before he was disbarred in the late 70s for perjury after going crazy on a female court employee in court and dwelling on her (hetero)sexuality. He was, strangely enough, a civil rights lawyer.

I have heard, but don't have a legitimate source to back up the claim, that a lot of their money comes from lawsuits. I imagine that it's pretty easy for their vitriol to spur people to illegal acts and law enforcement to illegal denying of their freedom of speech or assembly.

[mice34]

Jun 6, 2009 15:09:11 GMT -5 HoJuSimpson said:

"The Westboro Baptist demonstration drew about a dozen counter-demonstrators, and the two groups shouted insults at each other before the service and tried to drown each other out with singing." Lulz, pathetic.

Speaking of counter-protests, I just heard of the Church of Euthanasia yesterday. I realize I'm warped, but I think they're hilarious and really effective.

LE: So the first one was at Repro in Brookline, and Operation Rescue was supposedly going to be there but--
CK: Yeah, there was only a handful of them there.

LE: Let's name off some of the signs you had because I know they're not all in the photos. "Fuck Breeding," "Sperm-Free Cunts for the Earth"--
CK: "Fetuses are for Scraping," "Depressed? Commit Spermicide"-- [also "Make Love, Not Babies," "No Kid, No Labor," "Love the Earth, Tie Your Tubes," and "Feeling Maternal? Adopt!"] Vermin Supreme was there, and he was in rare form that day. He had his Satan mask on and his little jiggling eyeballs--he had his megaphone out and he was harassing people going by, saying something about "This is Satan here, and I want you all to--
LE: "Watch TV, eat red meat, and try to drive your car as much as possible--
CK: "Read a newspaper, and throw it away."
LE: "And together we can make hell on Earth."
CK: [laughs]

LE: He also asked passers-by to raise their hands if they were using contraception, or if they'd been sterilized. And a woman across the street was praying with a rosary, and Vermin was yelling with a megaphone that we were going to sacrifice a gerbil--
CK: Yes, we were going to sacrifice a gerbil to the unborn.

LE: And you were singing, "All we are saying"--
CK: "All we are saying is fetus pate."

LE: The neighborhood around the clinic is very affluent and boring, and it was great watching people walk by these incredible signs and Vermin in his Satan mask and the dolls nailed on to sticks with bloody hands and mouths--and many of these people would just walk by and pretend there was nothing strange going on at all.
CK: We got a good reaction from the clinic escorts, though, and that was a huge relief. If they'd asked us to leave, we would have had to leave, because they're guarding the doors and hopefully keeping the Christians from going in there and shooting everybody. But the escorts liked us.

LE: Now was that the clinic where the shooting actually took place?
CK: No, that was the next weekend. Der Spiegel had such a good time that they decided to come back. We'd heard rumors that there was something big happening at Preterm, so Becky infiltrated Operation Rescue and got the inside dope. We wanted to turn the voltage way up, so we decided to make a 15 foot tall, 6 foot wide "Eat a Queer Fetus for Jesus" banner--we figured that might get their attention. We had the carnivorous babies again, but we used much bigger sticks, just in case there was trouble, and we added life-size skulls on top, painted blood-red. Also Vermin brought some gigantic cartoon fetuses that he'd made out of day-glo paper, plus we had all the signs from last time.

LE: Since I was videotaping, I was at all of these events before you guys showed up, which was fun because I got to see you make your entrance. Before you came the Christians went marching down the sidewalk in formation singing hymns through megaphones. They got to the building and planted themselves and they were starting to say their prayers when all of a sudden I saw the "Eat a Queer Fetus for Jesus" banner come marching down the street. And everyone stopped, they were all staring in total disbelief.
CK: We had at least 20 of our own people there, and we were marching down the street in formation with all of our stuff. The cops saw us coming, and the first thing they said was, "If you turn on that megaphone, we're going to arrest all of you." We came and we stayed--we were there for hours, in the rain. There were two TV stations, the cops were videotaping, the clinic was videotaping, the Christians were videotaping. It was a pitched battle: they had their trench and we had ours, and they were singing their hymns and praying and we were singing "Every Sperm is Sacred" and "All we are saying is fetus pate"--

LE: That was also where Nevada's speech premiered, right?
CK: "Abortion as a Sacred Right." Pastor Kim screamed it at them until he lost his voice.

LE: The police kept you behind the barricades for a while, until Vermin noticed that some of the Christians were doing a walking picket in front of the clinic. So he said, "If they can walk, we can walk." People were sneaking out one by one, and you ended up with a walking picket that was half Christians and half Church of Euthanasia. One person would walk by with a scraped fetus and right behind them would be someone holding "Fetuses are for Scraping."
CK: [laughs]

LE: And it was really confusing. The best thing about these events is that it creates confusion as to who's on what side.
CK: We were standing in front of one of the clinics where a shooting had taken place not even a year ago, and there were five people from NOW [National Organization for Women] facing hundreds of Christians--it seemed to me that the situation called for extreme tactics. The pro-life agenda is fundamentally coercive; they want to push you into a situation where you have to respond to them. They seize control of the issue, and try to pin the violence on you, but we know perfectly well that the violence is coming from them. So our object is to unseat the Christians, to expose the violence that's slumbering in them. We want the violence to be on the surface, because when it's out in the open, it's less dangerous.

www.churchofeuthanasia.org/snuffit4/news.html

[dasfuchs]

Jun 6, 2009 20:19:28 GMT -5 delirium said:

Jun 6, 2009 17:48:29 GMT -5 dasfuchs said:

I don't know how any one of them could hold down a job, much less be employed if they're in any way linked to that group of retards
It's my theory they live off some fortune and tax loopholes...i almost wonder if the IRS was to really dig into the members, how many tax cheats would they find

IIRC Shirley and a few others are lawyers and one of them is an aerobics instructors.

Most likely self employed then.
I sure wouldn't hire any of these nutters, not even for a fast food job. Last thing i want are parents coming back bitching there were "god hates *insert flavor of the week here*" phamplets in the happy meals