[Raphael07]

Its not exactly the "Number 1 pizza parlor anyway" and anyone will protest with you, yes even Republicans

[SCGranny]

DTO, Glad you found someone!
The only problem with protesting protestors is that they are HOPING for an altercation so that they can get on National News to "spread their mesg". But was I not so far away, I too would be out there in a ring around them - but I would make Da**ed sure they interviewed enough of US to shout down the Westboro Loonies. And please, no one throw a punch! It gives them the attention they crave, poor pathetic insecure media-mongrels. They think it proves them RIGHT. Sense of grown up humor, please - "those poor deluded pathetic people don't know or care what Nebraskans are all about"!!!

(Trust me guys - I used to be a protest organizer in a previous life!)

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by DTO Luv

Most christians aren't as extreme in their expressions on their stance on homosexuality, however many christians have the same point of view regarding homosexuality because that's what their bible tells them to believe.

A perfect example is my christian mom. She went and protested against the WBC the last time they were here at Central saying she was disgusted with their methods, but just last week she tells me she won't accept my own "ungodly" relationship with me and my boyfriend. So while she's not out there with signs saying "god hates ****" ranting about how we're dooming the country, she in fact does believe it.

There is a big difference between espousing hate and the public displays of that "church" and peoples own personal views.

Hey, I lived in the middle of boystown in Chicago and had a bunch of gay friends and they hated it when some guy with arsless chaps a pink boa and a riding crop in his hand would be portrayed as a stereotypical gay.....careful about the generalizing is all I'm trying to suggest.

Even loosely associating that crew with "christians" is sad.

[DTO Luv]

True, but gays don't have one handbook that we all claim to adhere to like the christians do. Fred Phelps reads the same bible as the one they use in Sunday schools.

[Raphael07]

But he reads it differently. I could easily say the Cat in the Hat is a message about hating Jews, but that doesn't mean i'm right does it?

[DTO Luv]

Originally Posted by Go Ne

But he reads it differently. I could easily say the Cat in the Hat is a message about hating Jews, but that doesn't mean i'm right does it?

And that's the problem with the bible. People read it differently and come to different conclusions. People kill because they think god or the bible is telling them too. It doesn't make it right just because you think you're doing god's work.

The Phelps' think they're doing the right thing with their own special brand of evangelizing just like other christians do. So while most christians aren't doing what the Phelps' do, they don't necessarily disagree with the message.

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by DTO Luv

Or you could just not show up. Let them know that no one gives a **** about what they have to say. This group actually makes me like the first amendment even more. No matter how grotesque or unpopular it is, I'll always be able to say what I want.

That is exactly right. They're just a group of irrelevant, uneducated misfits. If nobody was listening to them, I think they would eventually die out and go back to banging sheep on their farms.

[Raphael07]

Actually they are rather educated, I think they are all lawyers, they're just messed up.

[DTO Luv]

Very true. Fred Phelps even won a humanitarian award for his work on the civil rights issue on Brown vs The Board of Education. Shocker.

[Raphael07]

Like I said before, on youtube there are tons of videos with Shirley Phelps arguing with Fox News People, all you gotta do is look up the church name(Or maybe her name) either way its almost funny and horrifying at the same time.