Westboro Baptist Church Will Keep Picketing at Soldiers’ Funerals
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Comments(2) Members of Westboro Baptist Church said last week that they will continue to picket at soldiers’ funerals, but will not violate new state laws limiting where and when protests can happen.
“We’re not going to get arrested. We obey the law,” said Shirley Phelps-Roper, an attorney and member of Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, a fundamentalist congregation headed by her father, the Rev. Fred Phelps.
Westboro Baptist has outraged mourning communities across the nation by showing up at soldiers’ funerals with signs that read “God Hates Fags” or “God Made IEDs,” a reference to roadside bombs. Members of the congregation contend soldiers are being struck down by God for defending a nation that tolerates homosexuality.
Sick.
Really sick.
[...] I previously posted about protests held at funerals by the Westboro Baptist Church and Rev. Fred Phelps here, here and here. This statute was created in response to the actions of Phelps and Westboro. [...]