Their antics and protests have caused such a problem that the House has as of yesterday passed a new law banning protesters from military funerals. Link
I've heard of this group before, the westboro church. Their website and beliefs are a source of internet humor for a lot of people. For a long time I had honestly believed them to be a fake, a made up organization for a sick parody site of sorts. But apparently I was wrong.House passes military funeral protection bill
Measure would limit protests by antigay group
May 10, 2006
BY RUBY L. BAILEY
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
A Michigan congressman's bill to halt antigay protests at military funerals passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday with an overwhelming bipartisan majority.
The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Brighton Republican, is expected to be quickly taken up in the Senate and possibly signed into law before the Memorial Day recess. The bill passed 408-3.
The measure prohibits the controversial demonstrations at national cemeteries, mostly held by the Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. Phelps brings protests to military funerals in Michigan and across the country. Church members yell that the soldier's death is a judgment from God for the country's promiscuity and support of homosexuality. They holds signs reading "God Hates Fags."
The Patriot Guard Riders, a volunteer group of motorcycle riders, was created to guard funerals and drown out Phelps and the protesters.
The legislation "creates a bubble" of protection around military families, said Rogers, who said he has received 30,000 e-mails in support of the bill.
The measure was tightly crafted to avoid First Amendment challenges. It prohibits demonstrators within 500 feet of a military funeral 60 minutes before or after the funeral. Under the measure, fines include $100,000 and or up to 1 year in jail.
When I heard this story on NPR this morning driving home I damn near swirved off the road. I was shocked to say the least because honestly this was the first that I had heard of this particular group doing it. According to them, God kills soldiers because soldiers are fags, serving a fag ran government.
Their site is full of this shit, to include in their FAQ:
Wow. Just...wow. *shakes head* I honestly don't know what to say about this shit other then it's just that...Why do you picket soldiers' funerals?
Here are some axiomatic matters of fact:
These turkeys are not heroes. They are lazy, incompetent idiots looking for jobs because they're not qualified for honest work.
They were raised on a steady diet of fag propaganda in the home, on TV, in church, in school, in mass media - everywhere - the two-pronged lie: 1) It's OK to be gay; and, 2) Anyone saying otherwise, like WBC, is a hatemonger who must be vilified, demonized, marginalized into silence.
Therefore, with full knowledge of what they were doing, they voluntarily joined a fag-infested army to fight for a fag-run country now utterly and finally forsaken by God who Himself is fighting against that country.
They turned America
Over to fags;
They're coming home
In body bags.
America used an IED to bomb Westboro Baptist Church on August 20,1995 - an act of terror aimed at terrorizing us into discontinuing our nationwide Gospel preaching against the homosexual menace.
When America thus became WBC's terrorist, God became America's Terrorist.
Therefore the IED is God's weapon of choice in avenging Westboro Baptist Church by blowing America's kids to smithereens in Iraq. And the carnage has barely begun.
Thus, their funerals are the forum of choice for delivering WBC's message of choice.
I'm a lazy, incompatent idiot who's incapable of getting a real job...
*blinks*
I've got a few computer certs under my belt, enough general knowledge and a rather good knowledge of computer repair to do that easily enough. I guess I could go be a construction worker and build things, or a farmer and raise crops. But I chose to defend my country instead. So now I'm an incompatent idiot.
I, after reading all this shit on their site, for one am sick and I think I'm going to go vomit now. Anyone else?
