Matthew Shepard and others. They're a hate group. This is what I
pulled up on a google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Westboro+Baptist+Church&btnG=Google+Search
They are an anti-semetic, anti-gay, and extremely racist group that
openly advocates the overthrow of the government and the setting up of
a theocracy.
They are a real scary bunch of neanderfucks.
larry
For more information on them here's what the Anti-Defamation League says:
http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp
Incorporated in 1967 as a not-for-profit organization, the virulently
homophobic Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) considers itself an "Old
School (or, Primitive)" Baptist Church. The Church is led by the
septuagenarian Reverend Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., and many WBC
congregants are related to Phelps by blood. His wife, several of his
children and dozens of his grandchildren frequent the church.
While WBC has picketed the gay community at hundreds of events
nationwide, most of the individuals protested by the Church are not
homosexual. In fact, WBC most often targets people it mistakenly
claims are gay or those it believes to be encouraging homosexuality.
Many WBC fliers emphasize the race or religion of these individuals,
suggesting that the Church's hate spreads beyond its abhorrence of
homosexuality. What appears to be anti-gay rhetoric is often a vehicle
for WBC's anti-Semitism, hatred of other Christians, and even racism,
though in the 1980s Fred Phelps received awards from the Greater
Kansas City Chapter of Blacks in Government and the Bonner Springs
branch of the NAACP for his work on behalf of Black clients.
Trained as a lawyer, Fred Phelps was disbarred in 1979 by the Kansas
Supreme Court, which asserted that he had "little regard for the
ethics of his profession." The formal complaint against Phelps charged
that he misrepresented the truth in a motion for a new trial in a case
he had brought, and that he held the defendant in the case up to
"unnecessary public ridicule for which there is no basis in fact."
Following his disbarment from Kansas State courts, Phelps continued to
practice law in Federal courts. In 1985, nine Federal court judges
filed a disciplinary complaint charging him and six of his family
members, all attorneys, with making false accusations against them.
The Phelpses fought the complaint but lost. In 1989, Fred Phelps
agreed to surrender his license to practice law in Federal court in
exchange for the Federal judges allowing the other members of his
family to continue practicing in Federal court.
In 1991, WBC staged its first public demonstration, targeting a park
in Topeka allegedly frequented by gays. Thousands of protests have
followed, and WBC shows no sign of slowing down. In addition to
speeches on the picket lines, the Church spreads its hateful message
via faxed fliers and "News Releases." These faxed documents also
appear at WBC's notorious Web site, Godhatesfags.com, along with
photos of Church pickets and a schedule of upcoming demonstrations. A
second WBC Web site, Godhatesamerica.com, contends that the United
States is "doomed" because it supports gays. According to Fred Phelps,
"God invented the Internet for us to preach on."
The following quotations from WBC materials and other sources expose
the Church's views on Jews, gays, Blacks, Christians and the United
States. WBC's own words best demonstrate the wide range and disturbing
nature of its hatred.
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:04:38 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My source: highly dubious. But *they* are taking it seriously. Can
> someone please reassure me that this organization is fake, supposed to
> be funny, or somehow not for real?
>
> September 8, 6:30 p.m.
> Anti-Gay Hate Group Plans Montgomery Demonstration
>
> A national anti-gay group has chosen Alabama as its
> next target.
> Demonstrators are expected in Montgomery next month to
> "celebrate" the
> murders of two Alabama gay men. And while in town,
> they'll pay a visit
> to their long-time rival, the Southern Poverty Law
> Center, an
> organization that monitors hate groups.
>
> Westboro Baptist Church is an independent church in
> Topeka, Kansas
> which is known for its demonstrations using signs with
> offensive
> anti-gay slogans. The organization gained national
> attention six years
> ago, following the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young
> gay man from
> Wyoming, when it picketed outside Shepard's funeral.
>
> More recently, church members brought their message to
> the Republican
> National Convention in New York. They maintain that
> gays and lesbians
> deserve to die because they are violating Biblical
> teachings. The
> group is led by Fred Phelps.
>
> "It is difficult to imagine any person in this world
> thinking more
> about gay sex more than Fred Phelps and his
> followers," says Mark
> Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the
> Southern Poverty
> Law Center.
>
> Potok describes Phelps' organization as a hate group.
> In fact, he says
> Phelps released a statement following 9/11, explaining
> that the
> victims of the terrorist attacks were killed because
> of their
> "fag-enabling" ways.
>
> According to a press release from church members,
> their upcoming trip
> will celebrate the sixth anniversary of Shepard's
> murder and the
> recent murders of two gay men in Alabama. "It's plain
> and simple. It's
> another victory," explains Potok. "God has struck down
> another gay
> man. If that's not cause for celebration, what is?
> That's the attitude
> of Westboro Baptist Church."
>
>
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