Westboro Baptist Church to picket vigil for victims of CT shooting
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2312186.html

The Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group known for protesting outside funerals of slain U.S. service members, announced that it will picket a vigil for the victims of Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the second-deadliest school shooting in American history.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, a spokesperson for the group and, like most members of the organization, a relative of the group's founder, Fred Phelps, announced on Twitter on Saturday the group's plan "to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment."

It is unclear when the group plans to protest, although a tweet from Margie Phelps implied that it would be during a vigil that will be attended by President Barack Obama on Sunday evening.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church say that America is being punished for its acceptance of gays and lesbians. In recent days, Phelps family members have sent tweets about the Connecticut shooting that have said "God sent the shooter."

Not surprisingly, the group's announcement was met with resistance online. A Change.org petition asking for Connecticut officials to prevent the group from protesting has been launched, and users of the social news and link sharing site Reddit have been discussing ways to stage a counter-protest.

A Facebook event that calls for "counter-activity" to "keep any hatred from touching" the grieving families has over 10,000 attendees, but because of a bomb threat in Newtown on Sunday, the event has been cancelled.

Anonymous, the loosely affiliated group of Internet "hacktivists," said that it had hacked the group's website and released personal information about the group's members, according to The Inquisitr.

The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the Westboro Baptist Church "arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America," while the Anti-Defamation League calls it "a small virulently homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group."

In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church, saying that the right to picket funerals was protected under the First Amendment. President Obama earlier this year, however, signed legislation that said that protests must be held 300 feet from military funerals.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story indicated that WBC members would picket Sandy Hook Elementary School. The vigil is at Newtown High School. Additionally, an earlier version of this story called the shooting "the second-largest mass killing in American history." It is the second-deadliest school shooting.

Anonymous has released some personal information about the members. I almost get the feeling they are going to go after some more personal information.

No matter what your political or religious affiliations may be, this should ****ing disgust you.

can we get some sociopaths behind the scopes for our team?

Reason #908,009,121 why I ****ing loathe religion.

When this old bat kicks the bucket in a few years, The happiest protest of all time will occur. As fun as it was in high school to prank call these idiots once a week, I wouldn't be upset if they were all diagnosed with Typhus.

I'd fuck the dog shit out of Shirley Phelps's daughter though, she's pretty hot.

These people should be chained in a room and forced to watch a non-stop loop of today's Chiefs offense.

Yeah, because this is clearly an accurate example of religion. It would be just as unfair for me to point at Joseph Stalin's and Pol Pott's atheism as a reason I loathe the absence of faith. Fred Phelps protests funerals as a "Christian", and Stalin blew up a countless number of Russian orthodox churches as an atheist. The end.

You must have voted for Obama and his wacky gun control ideas. You love Jesus as well.

Most Organized religion is crap. I learned my lesson.

Religions is fine, on a big scale with alot of memebers is when it goes wrong.

bingo and bingo.

God I hate seeing these ****faces getting attention for this shit. Wish people could simply ignore them.

Typical.

Is there a supporting link other than HuffPost?

It's good that you have 908,009,120 better reasons, because what these slime do has nothing to do with religion.

Shirley Phelps tweeted that they will be there.

@Shirleyphelps You guys going to be Jelly when we show up in CT. #Offthechain

They weren't ****ing killing anyone in the name of some deity.

They killed because they were murdering ****heads.

Christians and Muslims kill in the name of Jesus, God or Allah. Delusional, murdering, ****heads.

I'm a Christian (of the Baptist variety, not that denomination matters, though) and I can't stand it when these so-called Christians get the camera. The fact that they call themselves Godly people disgusts me. They give real Christians a bad name. God doesn't hate anyone. They claim to be Christians but they are anything but. Ugh.

so Christians and Muslims do not kill because they are simply murdering ****heads? So if one attempts to annihilate religion and kills innocents by doing so, it's somehow different than a terrorist attack in the name of God? My point is, there are crazies no matter if you worship a God, Gods, a broom, or nothing at all. It's dishonest to look at somebody like Fred Phelps and chalk it up as an ideal religious example. 99 percent of Christians in the United States would condemn this action wholeheartedly, just like 99 percent of atheists would condemn Stalin's anti-religious position that lead to the deaths of many believers.

somebody should perform gay anal sex in front of them. Rustle their jimmies a bit

These scumbags aren't Christians, you will know them by their fruit....Blackened rotting fruitcakes. I don't see any kind of angle to protest slain Kindergarteners. These assholes only exist to make Christians look bad, the fiery judgement that awaits them will not be pretty as GOD is not mocked.

So if somebody had the names/addresses/phone #'s of the group. if anybody would be interested in said information... you know the information is not far. if you get my drift.

Fake twitter account asking her if her daughter does adult lesbian films because that would be so hot?

I'd pay for it, and I never pay for my porn.

I remain surprised that no emotionally devastated mourner with nothing left to lose has slid their F-150 sideways through a massed gathering of WBC protestors. Maybe this will be the time.

I usually stay out of threads like these, but I hate this crap!

The Phelps and their followers are nothing but a bunch of psychotic, hate-slinging douchebags. They're not Christians, they're just homophobes that use "their religion" as a shield. "Their religion" is nothing but a damn cult.

"God sent the shooter"? Do they have no clue what saying something like that says about them? Saying that God is "sending a message" by having someone kill another person or a group of people is beyond insane!

Especially when the bible they are supposed to be reading states GOD will leave us to our own devices until the end which will be a lot more explosive than what we've seen thus far. These Psychopaths wouldn't know Jesus if he sat in their collective laps. These same idiots would have been throwing stones at Jesus on the cross.

I'm rooting for anonymous, they are capable hackers. Do something to **** these ****ers up

Why is it that I never hear about what the WBC is doing until I log on to Chiefsplanet?

Lets stop giving these guys any attention.

they are simply attention whores. It doesn't matter who dies, if it makes headlines, they will be there.

In that case, here's to them protesting Fred's funeral when he splits hell wide open here in a few years/months/weeks/days/hours/minutes.

True.. Wish more people would handle it like they did at aTm. That human wall was great.

Also to Dave, you've clearly shown that you concede that the Westboro Baptist Church does hideous and evil things. With that said, if you deny God, then it follows you deny that objective moral values exist. WBC's evil would merely be subjective and therefore determined by you and I. If they think it's good and is not evil, who says that their moral code is anymore right or wrong than ours? In the end, us and them are in the same boat in terms of our moral law and after death (no hell below, no heaven above). Like Dostoevsky once said, without God everything is morally permissible.

Of course that is entirely dependent upon you believe if God delivered the objective moral standards in the first place.

can morality be explained in a society without God? Not saying one NEEDS God to commit good acts, but that there would be no objectively true moral law without a moral law giver.

I wouldn't mind this organization losing it's tax-exempt status, and labeled as a terrorist organization.

That'd be a win in my book by President Obama and Congress.

Did morality exist prior to humans?

What is true moral law?

As much as I despise them it wouldn't be a win. They've committed no terrorist acts. They are merely exercising their freedom of speech.

No, they're a hate group, that's what it is. They need to be dealt with, and accourdingly.

The American Bar Association defines hate speech as "speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits."

Do you think the Westboro Baptist Church is exercising its right to free speech, or does this classify as hate speech?

I don't think so.

Therefore, I have no problem with labeling them as a terrorist group and shipping their asses first class to Gitmo.

Hate speech is a slippery slope, This is America we can't attack problems with Soviet tactics.

Force them into military service, I'm sure they'd make "operation human shield" a success

Sometimes, if we have to clean up the mess, especially with some organization cults, we'd have to go with Soviet tactics. I'm tired of hearing those loons running around wild with no restrictions at all.

I'm not saying you have to attack them physically. I'm saying, attack them psychologically. Hit them. Hard. Reclassifying them as a "hate" group would be a great start.

There is no logic into picketing a vigil. None. Zip. Zero.

This WBC crap has got to end.

I would rather someone just took care of them physically, I wouldn't shed a tear. We don't need to label them as I think we've already done that, it would be nice if the courts would reject hearing their cases. I agree that picketing anything related to death is not only senseless but also against the plain teachings of Jesus.

Heh, not that guy...he's a scumbag too.

Agreed but you could pay him and the job would get done.

Hey, if someone wants to deal with them physically, that's fine with me. I'm not going to shed a tear as well. But with that being said, we don't need to resort into violence when it comes to it. There's too many of that stuff going on, and I'm tired of it already.

What I like to do is, (if I had any kind of governmental powers), reclassify them as a "hate" group and make some back door deals with the courts to reject their motions. I'm tired of having to hear about this trash of an organization.

And while they didn't commit any terrorist activities in terms of killing or crimes, can you classify an organization if they are terrorizing a certain targeted groups, mostily psychological terrorism? I mean, there's plenty of things to be labeled as is. Financial terrorism. Warfare terrorism, etc. etc.

i'm not a church goer anymore, but i was raised catholic, and most of my family still goes to church. i am tolerant of believers as long as they respect me when i say i've had my fill of their preaching. i know what jesus taught, and as long as i try to be christ like, i don't think i need to go to church. now, knowing what i know about jesus, and knowing what i know about phelps and his crazy ass followers, i believe WBC is not a church. i like the hate group tag. I hope anonymous sticks it in their corn hole. BTW, anybody else notice they've (the media) started using the term hacktivists when talking about anonymous now, rather than hackers? just something i noticed this time around.

Someone hacked a twitter account they use

@DearShirley is the account.

Apparently they are blaming Carrie Underwood for the attacks. Heard that on the radio this morning.

They know who to picket...... they people they choose to picket dont do anything.

I remember they wanted to picket Bernie Mac's funeral......on the south side of Chicago.......with all those emotional black folks..... they thought twice and didnt do it.

Start threatening to whip some ass, theyll stop...

This is exactly why they will continue to get away with what they do. There is too much sadness surrounding the events that they pollute, and the good hearted people that would be willing to do bad things to end WBC, choose not to out of respect for the victims.

if someone were to shoot one of them dead, would they picket their funeral?

This is what bugs me about society.

Someone walks into an elementary school and shoots 20 children, but nobody has walked up to their protest displays or their church during service and shot the WBC dicks.

I just wish someone would board it up with them inside and set it on fire.

I hope this time somebody really just beats the living shit out of these people. Some people just need there asses kicked. Hard. And this is just the type of scumbag.

Morality is a side effect of human empathy.

Nothing more. It's how we operate as a pack. It's a pretty basic animal instinct. Nothing really supernatural about it.

"I don't want to be killed, so you probably don't want to be killed either. We shall make a rule that we will not kill each other."

They don't advocate violence against certain groups.... they just slander them and celebrate violence against them. One could certainly say that celebrating is a form of promotion....

Either way, I've always supported 'mob justice' for WBC.

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OH MY GOD GO AWAY

AND STOP CALLING YOURSELVES BAPTISTS AND CHRISTIANS :cuss:

Nah, I think they have a right to do what they do. Hate what you hate, say what you say, but be prepared to get what's coming to you.

I loathe these people more than any group of individuals on the planet. They are a hate group/cult...not a religious group. They wallow in their own immorality and take pleasure in gaining publicity through the pain & suffering of others. Why can't they just drink the Jonesboro juice?

or why can't the psycho kids go nuts on THEM?

This would be ideal. I feel like the motorcycle groups or "Freedom Riders" that block these people from being seen by families at funerals and protests are the only thing that's kept them from being shot at by now. Marines/soldiers in general don't take well to these people degrading and disrespecting their fallen brothers. The world would be a better place without Fred Phelps and his douche bag family being unproductive plagues on society.

Patriot Guard Riders.

http://www.patriotguard.org/

Edit: unfortunately it doesn’t look like they’ll be attending the services at Newtown.

It does matter. If emotions run deep, they stand a chance to file suit against someone who threatens them or damages any of their property. The large number of lawyers in their family isn't by chance. Its probably one hell of a lucrative business for those bastards.

Wait, so the more people hate you the more profitable you are?...

potentially, yeah.

they are trying to bait people

I believe I saw a new story one time saying this exact thing. They finance the whole thing by suing the bejesus out of anyone who messes with them.

I still feel like them being beat DOWN. Not just hit, a couple times, but really beat the hell down is a-ok

if they are all dead then they can't sue anyone, right?

Didn't see a thing.

we need more judges and police chiefs like you

Yup, this exactly. Just like any ambalamps chasing lawyer, they found their niche. I'm sure their is some ego and power trip drive behind it too. They are ****ing nuts.

If memory serves me correctly (and most likely I'm wrong) but I think they went to either Rushville or Weston to picket a few years ago, and they left early. They felt unsafe, above and beyond whatever they normally hear. If this is true, whatever "methods" the locals used should get passed around to EVERYONE that has to look at these shitheads.

I recall at one protest site the locals found out where they were staying. The morning of the event some rude people just happened to park their cars in front of the potential picketers and they couldn't get out of their spots. By the time police responded with tow trucks the funeral was over and the cars had just been moved.

Wasn't that in Joplin?

I think that was out east somewhere. I remember it too. The authorities weren't in any hurry to get there either, they had other pressing matters than illegally parked cars.

EDIT to add:

just googled it. Brandon, MS

just sayin

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...620ao1_500.gif

I would pay to see that. And I never pay to see an F-150 slid sideways through protesters.

They are most likely just trying to have someone violate their rights or attack them so they can sue. Fundraising time.

Sadly this.

They have the right to say as they do. But as a consequence of that choice, they also earn the hatred and disgust of the nation.