“God Hates Fags!” and “Thank God for dead soldiers” are both horrible things to say in today’s world. These words should never be spoken, much less written on posters and paraded about a fallen service member’s funeral. How can a grieving family, like Matthew Shepard’s, deal with these insane protestors while at the same time weeping over the horrific murder of their son? The police should come and arrest them all, every last one.
The Topeka, Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), was founded
in 1955 by current pastor Fred Phelps and his family, and is sadly
protected from most prosecution by the Bill of Rights that these same
dead soldiers died to protect. Best known for picketing funerals, the
group will also picket synagogues, high school graduations, school
plays, and even other churches! The widely held Christian belief that
god, intentionally left lowercase, loves everyone is also overturned
and denied by their beliefs and actions.
