Posted on 12/16/2012 12:02:50 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Outrage as Westboro Baptist plans praise gathering outside Sandy Hook Elementary school to celebrate God 'executing his judgement' in horrific shooting rampage that killed 20 children and 6 adults
The tight-knit community of Newtown, Connecticut is numb in the aftermath of the heart-wrenching massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary school on Friday when a gunman killed 20 young students, all aged six and seven, in addition to six adults.
As families mourn the lives that were cut short in this unspeakable horror, an extremist group has announced they plan to congregate at the scene of the tragedy and offer praise to God for 'executing his judgement' - an unthinkable act amidst the sorrow overwhelming the quiet town.
A member from the Westboro Baptist Church, an unaffiliated religious group that self-identifies as a church, said on Saturday the group will picket the school in a so-called praise service, while the rest of the nation struggles to move forward after the tragedy.
Westboro, which has been widely described as a hate group, has often courted controversy by promoting an anti-homosexual agenda and picketing military funerals and high profile events to gain publicity.
The organization is led by Fred Phelps and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas but representatives travel around the U.S. picketing events.
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It would be good if the police just happened to not be around when these clowns met up with a group of the local citizens. The Westboro cretins need to get the obama slapped out of them.
someone told me fred phelps ran for mayor of Topeka on the democrat ticket. He lost.
was that Fred? Or another phelps inbreed?
This may be Westboro’s Battle of Little Bighorn. They may finally get whats coming to them.
Would have thought they got the point in Charleston, West Virginia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRf7CGOOKVs
Don’t mess with the coal miners.
This made me wonder something: if a gun man came in and shot up the Westboro church one Sunday morning, would they picket their own funerals?
I was wondering same thing. Could we also say God ‘executing his judgement’?
Or maybe God just telling them to shut up already.
These people are satan’s tools just like the shooter.
What did Jesus say about children, again? Maybe someone needs to read the Bible just once.
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