Phelps to protest at slain Marine's funeral

[AngryOldDem]

http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/homefront/entries/2008/01/29/fundamentalist.html


>>Members of a fundamentalist Kansas church who protest military funerals out of the belief the war in Iraq is punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality plan to picket Saturday’s funerals of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach of Vandalia and a fallen soldier from Lima.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of Westboro Baptist Church’s pastor, the Rev. Fred Phelps, confirmed Tuesday church members plan to picket the funerals of Lauterbach and Army Spc. Jon Michael Schoolcraft III.
“The main reason is because God hates the U.S. military. God hates America and America is doomed,” Phelps-Roper said in a phone interview from the Topeka, Kan., church.

“The main reason is because God hates the U.S. military. God hates America and America is doomed,” Phelps-Roper said in a phone interview from the Topeka, Kan., church.<<<

To refresh memories, Lance Cpl. Lauterbach was the pregnant Marine who was reported missing and then later found burned and buried in the backyard of the suspect, who's on the run in Mexico.

Ohio does have a law in place that requires protesters to stay 300 feet away from funerals, processions, and burials, but I'm sure that means nothing to this bunch of bastards.

[fenriswolf]

1. Oh man

Those bastards are just as bad as the KKK. One of the only groups I wanna go against with a baseball bat.

[chelsea0011]

4. I feel the same way. My blood is boiling.

[Mz Pip]

2. I wonder where

these freaks get the money to fly themselves all over the country to do this garbage. Are they independently wealthy? Who is funding this?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[chelsea0011]

5. That is an interesting question. Homeland security? Where are you?

[jus_the_facts]

9. Phelps is disbarred...but most of his children and their spouses are lawyers.....

....their pictures should be under the definition for frivolous law suits in the dictionary. :puke:

[1620rock]

3. I'm surprised that Phelps hasn't had an...umm, accident at one of these events yet.

[nickyt]

6. "the war in Iraq is punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality" -

so, what do these cretins think about B*sh, anyway? Is he an agent of God, having started the incursion in the first place, or will they be protesting his funeral as well one fine day?
(nope, I ain't going to their filthy website to check, just wondering if anyone knows -)

[Iktomiwicasa]

7. Naw....

...they hate EVERYONE, including Bush.

[VP505]

8. Phelps is going to

keep fu**ing around and one of these days someone will decide that enough is enough and do some house cleaning that will put a permanent stop to their crap.

[WolverineDG]

10. Hence why they don't picket military funerals in South Texas

even little old ladies would beat the shit out them with their canes. We don't put up with that crap here.

dg

[AngryOldDem]

16. That could happen

When her body was taken to the funeral home a few days ago, the hearse was escorted by a motorcycle club that looked like they would put up with no shit. They were named "Freedom Riders," or something like that.

There is a very special place in hell reserved just for Phelps and his ilk. I'm convinced of it.

ON EDIT: Another fact that may have been forgotten: Lance Cpl. Lauterbach was also raped, and was just as much of a victim of the military as she was of the man who (allegedly) killed her.

[spanone]

11. it's a free country but fuck him

[zbdent]

12. need to make sure the media is pointing out

that this group, although "anti-war", thinks that Pat Robertson is too LIBERAL ...

[Greeby]

13. "Phelps slain at Marine funeral protest"?

*takes a second look*

Oh right, must have been wishful thinking

[complain jane]

14. The entire Phelps klan should

go fuck themsleves in the mouth twice and eat their own feces.

Just sayin'

[complain jane]

15. I can't believe those freaks still haven't shriveled up in the face of their own evil.