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dcsldcd · 03-31-2010, 06:46 PM

I am completely against the gay lifestyle but if gays and others want to protest at Big Daddy Phelps funeral (he is 81) I would join them.

They should get a taste of the disrespect they dish out.

cat1116 · 03-31-2010, 06:49 PM

A little history:

The Westboro Baptist Church has been in existence since 1955. The Westboro Baptist Church claims affiliation with Primitive Baptist and Calvinist principles, but it is not affiliated with any Baptist church and most Primitive Baptists reject the Westboro Baptist Church. Based in Topeka, the Westboro Baptist Church pickets funerals, gay pride events, pop concerts, football games and statehouses. The Westboro Baptist Church pickets these events to spread their anti-homosexuality, anti-Jewish, anti-other-religions message. The leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church and other church members have been specifically banned from entering the United Kingdom because of their “unacceptable behaviour by inciting hatred.”

I guess inciting hatred is accepted by some as right of free speech?

sailordave · 03-31-2010, 06:53 PM

VFW is trying to get members to donate money to help him pay his bill.

dcsldcd · 03-31-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sailordave

VFW is trying to get members to donate money to help him pay his bill.

Bill O'Reilly is paying his bill ut he will still need money for hotel rooms and other expenses to take the case to the Supreme Court.

denverkid · 03-31-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dcsldcd

I am completely against the gay lifestyle but if gays and others want to protest at Big Daddy Phelps funeral (he is 81) I would join them.

They should get a taste of the disrespect they dish out.

Hypocrite much?

AnUnidentifiedMale · 03-31-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozgal

no. this is wrong.
At some point people have got to get a little respect. Protesting at a funeral is a low act.

Which part of the First Amendment do you not understand?

Mightyqueen801 · 03-31-2010, 08:24 PM

I think it would be fun to show up where WB is demonstrating sometime and douse them with that skunk scent you can buy at L.L. Bean.

It's so strong that you can smell it through the bottle in the store, so I'm thinking that adding it to water balloons would still be effective.

Anybody? I'll drive!

lifelongMOgal · 03-31-2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I think it would be fun to show up where WB is demonstrating sometime and douse them with that skunk scent you can buy at L.L. Bean.

It's so strong that you can smell it through the bottle in the store, so I'm thinking that adding it to water balloons would still be effective.

Anybody? I'll drive!

They'll sue you and win.

However, if you let a skunk out and the skunk sprays on its own accord....

lifelongMOgal · 03-31-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HeyHolliday!

Christians at their best

No, they are not. That is a really nasty thing to say too.

Katarina Witt · 03-31-2010, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HeyHolliday!

Christians at their best

They don't represent a fraction of a fraction of Christians.

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Originally Posted by LNTT_Vacationer

What makes those who taunt Rove at book signings and various conservative speakers? It's just something they do.

Not that I agree with taunting anyone, but Rove is a big boy and is complaining all the way to the bank. To taunt grieving families is beyond the pale.