This is one of the few times when the freedom of speech is a BAD thing.

Somehow I bypassed everything that was going on in the news. I had heard about picketing but somehow I was oblivious to the rest of what was going on in the world. Not even the world but on our grounds. People who believe so much in their own beliefs that they are willing to spit on everyone in the process. They are willing to hurt others without any regard to how that makes them as human beings. They believe that they are truly superior to everyone else in the human race and don't deny it.

Yes. The Westboro Baptist Church. They are more like a selective cult. It seems as though the numbers in this church are 70-100 but that small number has managed to do nothing but cause tears and heartbreak to Topeka, KS and other areas. They are even near my son's aunt in Arizona. This whole "phenomenon" was created by Fred Phelps. The members are all from two families. No new members are brought in and they all marry amongst themselves. It's first public service was held on Sunday, November 27th 1955. They became famous when they were picketing at the funeral of Matthew Sheppard, the homosexual boy who was beaten, strung up on a fence and left to die all because of his sexual orientation. His death brought national attention to hate crimes. Their latest step in the spotlight was at the funerals of the victims of the Tuscon, Arizona shootings on where six people died, including a young child. They were protesting the funerals saying "God Sent The Shooter", "Thank God For Dead Soldiers" and other signs of that nature.

My question is, why were they picketing the funeral of a 9 year old girl? She wasn't even old enough to commit a sin. According to the bible, you are innocent in the eyes of God until the 10th birthday. After the day of your tenth year of birth, you have passed the age of innocent. This girl was still considered to be innocent, so why were they picketing her funeral as well? Clearly they have no moral or religious thoughts or they would have at least felt sad for the loss of a child rather than feel that we, as a society, were worshiping a dead soul. They will say that they are showing love to their fellow neighbors by warning them about the consequences of "unbridled sin". So "God Hates America", "Thank God For Dead Soldiers", "God Hates Jews", "You're Going To Hell", "They Are Not Heroes; Don't Worship The Dead", "God Hates Fags", "God Is Your Enemy", "Not Blessed, Just Cursed", "America Is Doomed", "Thank God For Maimed Soldiers" etc is them showing their love? People at funerals mourning the untimely loss of their loved ones aren't going to be more open to their own morality, or the morality of the Westboro followers. Ignorant assholes.

Go on Bing, Google or whatever search engine you have and look up "Westboro Sign Images". It's everywhere. Also, it brings an interesting question to mind; what happens with a member dies? Do they hold a funeral or do they act like nothing happened? Will they think that the death of the member was a "curse delivered by God"?

Members of this church try to protest six funerals a day. In fact, on the website www.godhatesfags.com, they have a picket schedule so you can see where they will be going next. I've been having problems logging onto that site (as well as others- www.yourpastorsawhore.com, www.westborobaptistchurch.com, www.americasdoomed.com etc), but it's been getting shut down a lot lately due to a computer hacking group, called Anonymous. These sites were brought down by Anonymous and I am having problems loading them now, so it may be safe to say that they are still down today (March 5th/6th).

From what I've been reading on the internet, nothing has been good. They stand against everything. They hate America because God hates America. They are against the military. They say that God is killing off our soldiers because we, as a country, are tolerate to homosexuality so death is the consequence. They hate Jews and any other race or religion that is not in their church and white. They are completely against the homosexual community and want them locked away with sodomy as their crime. They feel that they will burn in the depths of hell and that hell will overflow on to Earth. They picket the funerals for AIDS victims and military personnel because no one should worship the dead, especially sinners. They desecrate the American Flag. They teach their children how to hate, picket and protest. The protest against disaster victims and murder victims and say that when bad things happen it is a curse given to us by God. The followers of Westboro Baptist Church also said that the internet was created for the sole purpose of spreading the word. The rest of us have just used it to pollute the true and pure intentions.

One way of passing on this message to their children is to ruin the creative geniuses of artists by re-writing their songs to become "lullabies". These songs have young children preaching the hatred of Jews, how homosexual are faggots and how God hates America. Children shouldn't even say things like that let alone know what it means. "Hey evil reporate Jews. God hates you and you know it". Another is a recreation of  "We are the World" by Michael Jackson which goes "God hates the world (you know he hates you) and all her people. You and everyone will face a fiery day...". How it is ok to teach such songs to children? And where do these kids go to school? It must be homeschooling because I doubt these kids are exposed to "evil" children.

If God hates America and they hate America, then they should all pack up and leave America. Go live in France, England, Iraq, Kenya or any other country that isn't so evil. Unfortunately, it won't happen. They don't have the money to move the entire extended family out. They also would never survive even if they did. They would be thrown in jail or killed for saying and doing what they do. They wouldn't have the same freedom of speech as they do here.

Those who know me have heard me say numerous times that I believe gay marriage should be allowed. Gay rights are human rights and marriage is a privileged; not a heterosexual right. The bible should be used to better yourself and not be used as a weapon to others. So in honor of all that, here are some pictures that I propose should be made into signs.

The Gay Pride Flag. Let it fly high and proud.

These are called Happy Roses. They are expensive to grow. Let gay pride bloom.

Gay Pride in the head, minds and hearts of everyone.

He has the right message!

God can not stand behind those who have such hatred for everyone except for the 70 members of this church.

Right? Man, sometimes I wish I was a gay man because some of the most beautiful men (both inside and out) are homosexual men.

I should buy multiple shirts and wear it every damn day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50r0CnKq7_k

At least Michael Moore was able to put one to the Westboro cult with this funny video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_fAYl4Th4&feature=related

I just don't understand how this can go on. The Supreme Court seems to be on their side because of the freedom of speech, although they admit that Westboro doesn't leave enough open for a debate. There is nothing we can do. The more attention we bring to them, the harder they fight. The best thing to do would be to just ignore them. Unfortunately, as this blog shows, I am not strong enough to turn the other cheek.