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Title: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Fausto on March 31, 2010, 06:57:41 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100331/ts_csm/291560

This made me want to hit something.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: indianasmith on March 31, 2010, 08:53:08 PM
I read the headline, and couldn't stand to read more.  Those Westboro folks may call themselves Christians, but they understand nothing of the love of Christ.

  "He who loveth not knoweth not God, for God is Love."

They will face a heavy reckoning on judgement day.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 01, 2010, 12:09:28 PM
Legally (and I admit I haven't studied the case beyond the news reports), it seems quite correct.  Obnoxious as they, are Westboro is only exercising their rights of free speech---their right to say any disgusting, hateful thing they want to.  Suing them for exercising 1st Amendment rights is basically a frivolous lawsuit and the loser should be forced to pay the winner's legal fees. 


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: 3mnkids on April 01, 2010, 12:18:59 PM
Bill O'reilly offered to pay the fees. ugh, it pains me to say, way to go Bill. http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Bill-OReilly-helping-family-sue-church-for-picketing-fallen-Marines-funeral-89621957.html


What these people do is harassment. Plain and simple.  They are disgusting, hateful, vile individuals.



Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Javakoala on April 01, 2010, 06:19:13 PM
As a resident of Topeka, Kansas, I offer my city's apologies. Even the hate groups don't like this church group.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: indianasmith on April 01, 2010, 11:32:56 PM
they simply are not Christians, pure and simple.  I am stunned by just how evil and hate-filled they are.  I've been a churchgoer my whole life, and I don't think I've ever met a single Christian - not even some of the most intolerant - who would countenance that kind of nasty, mean-spirited rhetoric.

I don't know whether to pray for them to see the light . . .  or for God to send down a lightning bolt!


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: feiyen on April 02, 2010, 02:47:53 AM
I couldn't keep reading, it was making me sooo angry. One thing I worry is, and I hate to say it, is eventually someone will boil over and well hate breeds more hate.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Jim H on April 02, 2010, 02:03:02 PM
they simply are not Christians, pure and simple.  I am stunned by just how evil and hate-filled they are.  I've been a churchgoer my whole life, and I don't think I've ever met a single Christian - not even some of the most intolerant - who would countenance that kind of nasty, mean-spirited rhetoric.

I don't know whether to pray for them to see the light . . .  or for God to send down a lightning bolt!

I've met Christians with a number of similar beliefs, but none of them were so filled with hate and worked so hard at hurting people like the Westboro Church does.  I think that's the most important difference.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Raffine on April 02, 2010, 03:32:21 PM
As a resident of Topeka, Kansas, I offer my city's apologies. Even the hate groups don't like this church group.


The world accepts your fair city's humble apologies.

A bit off topic, but did you see the Google/Topeka switch yesterday?

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html)


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 02, 2010, 05:01:56 PM
As a resident of Topeka, Kansas, I offer my city's apologies. Even the hate groups don't like this church group.


The world accepts your fair city's humble apologies.

A bit off topic, but did you see the Google/Topeka switch yesterday?

[url]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html[/url] ([url]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html[/url])



That's a very Topekal observation you make there.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Nukie 2 on April 02, 2010, 09:48:05 PM
I wonder what their flow chart looks like; their reasoning is so psychotic.

Homosexuals having sex ---> dead, straight U.S. Marine ---> God is punishing the USA for homosexuality by killing US troops in Iraq.

 :question:


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Jim H on April 02, 2010, 10:23:13 PM
I wonder what their flow chart looks like; their reasoning is so psychotic.

Homosexuals having sex ---> dead, straight U.S. Marine ---> God is punishing the USA for homosexuality by killing US troops in Iraq.

 :question:

Yes.  You have it exactly right.  I think psychotic is the best summation of the logic used, yes.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Javakoala on April 05, 2010, 04:24:53 PM
As a resident of Topeka, Kansas, I offer my city's apologies. Even the hate groups don't like this church group.


The world accepts your fair city's humble apologies.

A bit off topic, but did you see the Google/Topeka switch yesterday?

[url]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html[/url] ([url]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html[/url])



Being a Gmail.com person, I couldn't help but see it, and everyone was talking about it and the news stations kept reporting it...just give us the damned super high-speed internet they are teasing us with!!!  I'd get the Google logo tattooed on my arm for free service!


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Allhallowsday on April 06, 2010, 04:52:54 PM
Rev's got it correct.  Legality and protected rights aside, however, these people, quoted from their website below, are scuzz:  

“Military funerals have become pagan orgies of idolatrous blasphemy, where they pray to the dunghill gods of Sodom and play taps to a fallen fool,” states a press release posted on the church’s website, announcing the rally at a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Justin Wilson. At the bottom of the press release are printed the words “Thank God for IEDs,” referring to the roadside bombs that have killed thousands of troops in both wars."  


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: indianasmith on April 06, 2010, 10:57:06 PM
As Calvin once said, "It's hard to be religious when some people are never incinerated by lightning bolts!"


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Fausto on April 20, 2010, 09:10:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP6gneH1DRU


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: indianasmith on April 20, 2010, 10:50:26 PM
God bless the Patriot Guard!  They understand more about Him than those Westboro buffoons ever will.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 21, 2010, 12:09:56 PM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP6gneH1DRU[/url]


That's exactly the right tactic to take.  This issue doesn't belong in the courts.

It's like whenever the Nazis or KKK try to stage a march.  They're always outnumbered by counter-protesters.  More people will rally to oppose hate than to support it, which is an encouraging sign.


Title: Re: Dad of Fallen soldier forced to pay Westboro Church's expenses
Post by: Jim H on April 22, 2010, 01:26:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8_aJcul6kk