"Thank God for dead soldiers"Court case

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"BALTIMORE | Shirley Phelps-Roper told jurors that she was an angel assigned to speak the truth to earth dwellers, that God hates their evil.

On the witness stand in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, she explained last week that’s why she picketed the funeral of Matthew Snyder, a 20-year-old Marine from Westminster, Md., who was killed in Iraq in March 2006.

When Jonathan Phelps was asked how an unfavorable jury verdict would affect the family’s activities, he said: “Let me think about that. It takes me about a nanosecond. Zilcho. “Thank God for dead soldiers,” he said, describing one of the family’s favorite signs. “I mean, I can’t get to as many locations (as) one of those stories is going to cover for me. So it’s a beautiful preaching opportunity. Wonderful.”

www.kansascity.com | 10/29/2007 | Court case tests limits of free speech for Phelps family
 
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vegmom

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The US is such an evil country....yeah...sure...they should go try and hold their protests in Myanmar, Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc.
 
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vegmom

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Nucklesack said:
Now see, how come we can't use the Phelps as poster children for all Christians? if it was a Muslim that said these things, imagine the comments we'd get.
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The other Baptist churches around Topeka consider the Phelps clan a huge joke. Their entire church is related (which explains alot).
 
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Nucklesack said:
Now see, how come we can't use the Phelps as poster children for all Christians? if it was a Muslim that said these things, imagine the comments we'd get.
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Because Christians are quite active in denouncing these people. They are unaffiliated with Baptist associations and conventions, and none other than Jerry Fallwell has called Phelps a first-class nut and made it very clear that the Westboro Baptist people are NOT condoned by the Southern Baptist Convention.

Contrast that with CAIR, who goes out of its way to excuse any Muslim wrongdoing and chastise America instead. They also actively pursue litigation on behalf of suspected terrorists.

So that's why.
 
Lenny

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vegmom said:
The other Baptist churches around Topeka consider the Phelps clan a huge joke. Their entire church is related (which explains alot).
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They are apostles of the JPC Sr. school of public protest. Wonder how many postulates of that school we can post.

1. Logic is a myth; you'll never find in JPC's public discourse.
 
Purplefox

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It does my heart good to know we have the Patriot Guard....

What a bunch of idiots, that yes, in my opinion, abuse free speech. They mock the very ones that allow it.

Jeesh....
 
Geek

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They get so much publicity for being shockingly stupid and evil. I wonder what would happen if we all ignored them.
 
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vegmom

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Even if they never pay the judgement, they are having to empty their pockets to pay legal bills. The more money the spend on lawyers, the less they will have to travel to funerals.
 
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