Kansas preacher to protest soldier funeral

[RecycleMichael]

A controversial group from Topeka, Kansas is expected to protest outside the funeral of a fallen Oklahoma Marine this weekend.
According to the website for the Westboro Baptist Church, the group will be coming to Wagoner Saturday as the family of Lance Corporal Geoffrey Fisher will lay him to rest.

Fisher died nearly two weeks ago following a car accident in California. He was a passenger in a car in which the driver is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Fisher was attached to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines out of Camp Pendleton, California and had served a tour of duty in Iraq. He earned the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the National Defense Medal.

The group from the Westboro Baptist Church travels to protest at several military funerals. They claim the soldiers are being killed by God because of America's acceptance of homosexuality.

At several of the group's planned protests, those opposed to the group have shown up to counter those protests by forming a 'human barrier' between the funeral procession and the protesters.

A bill was passed in the Oklahoma Legislature last March that says protesters at funerals must be 500 feet from ceremonies and must end their protests at least one hour before and after the funeral.

A bill was introduced last month by state Senator Jay Paul Gumm which would double the distance to 1,000 feet and triple the time before and after to three hours.

[cannon_fodder]

God Hates Fred Phelps.

Remember the good ole' days, when someone would have shot this "fag-hating" righteous man?  

I plan on attending his funeral to protest him and be as obnoxious and hateful as possible towards his grieving family.  I'm thinking a sign that says "Jesus is raping Fred Phelps" or "I want to sodomize Fred Phelps widow."  Something simply awful, totally disrespectful, and just what his entire clan deserves. Nearly all of his "followers" are bastard children and their spawn.

I also think it would be a nice tradition to leave a nice greasy pile of crap on his tombstone every year on the anniversary of his death.  Seriously, if someone is willing to do this, I'll find a way to compensate you.  It would just be way too funny to hear on the news "someone pooped on Fred Phelps tombstone again this year."  

(note: Im not arguing that the government should curtail his freedom of speech, just that he is an awful man and I wish someone would physically harm him)

[sgrizzle]

While I don't wish him dead, I do hope that sometime before he dies he realizes what an evil, inhuman, idiot he is being.

If he does die, I don't want a person to kill him, I want him to be hit by lightning on a sunny day. If a person kills him, he'll become a martyr.

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I want him to be hit by lightning on a sunny day.

Wouldnt that be ironic. []

Personally I would like to see him go and protest in Iraq. Then maybe a nice roadside bomb might find him.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by DM

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I want him to be hit by lightning on a sunny day.

Wouldnt that be ironic. []

Personally I would like to see him go and protest in Iraq. Then maybe a nice roadside bomb might find him.

Again, that would justify everything he did in his follower's eyes.

[MichaelC]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

If a person kills him, he'll become a martyr.

A Saint for the inbred.  His sons and daughters will mourn the loss of their nephew.

[Hawkins]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

While I don't wish him dead, I do hope that sometime before he dies he realizes what an evil, inhuman, idiot he is being.

If he does die, I don't want a person to kill him, I want him to be hit by lightning on a sunny day. If a person kills him, he'll become a martyr.

I would like to see him dead. I agree with Cannon_Fodder.

We live in a time where law enforcement has advanced to the point where crazy people are pretty much 100% protected from the bullet to the head that they deserve.

What our society is going through is somewhat of a de-evolution.

This guy's idea of a protest is a about as tactless as it gets. If he had any real balls, he'd take his grievence to the people at the top, and not step on mourning families while they are trying to say goodbye to a loved one.

Just as bad, this guy says what he does is God's will. Ha! If that guy is doing God's will, then I'll buy a first class ticket to Hell anyday.

[grahambino]

wasnt there a group of bikers that followed these phelps nutjobs around...they would all rev their motorcycles in order to drown out vitriol directed at the greiving families.

i wonder if they'll make an appearance at this funeral.  I hope so.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

wasnt there a group of bikers that followed these phelps nutjobs around...they would all rev their motorcycles in order to drown out vitriol directed at the greiving families.

i wonder if they'll make an appearance at this funeral.  I hope so.

The patriot guard:
http://www.patriotguard.org/

[Conan71]

Separated at birth?

[deinstein]

What a classy group of individuals. [V]

[Porky]

The Good Lord put A-Hoes like Fred on his earth so we could all feel better about ourselves.

He also put Wagoner on his earth to take care of folks like Fred when enough is enough. May the Good Lord oversee the Bikers rights tomorrow as they send Fred the message from above. []

[azbadpuppy]

I personally think the Phelps clan is their own worst enemy as well as the best publicity anti-hate groups could possibly wish for.

I say let them do their thing and televise it  so everyone can learn what complete religious corruption, fanaticism and hatred can do. The families of the deceased that the Phelps family have chosen to demonstrate in front of should actually be proud that their relatives were able to assist in exposing hate mongers like Phelps and possibly erradicating this type of hatred in the future.

[RecycleMichael]

I was told that there were hundreds and hundreds of bikers there lining the route to the funeral.

Good job.

[billintulsa]

Some people who protested homosexuality the loudest have been outed at some time.  (Remember the Baptist Pastor, I think, from Broken Arrow?)

Me thinks Fred Phelps doest protest too much.

What a hoot to see someone come forward claiming to be his gay lover!