[L98Fiero]

"In Tennessee? They got guns in Tennessee.........."

I believe it's only a matter of time before a member of this "church group" gets hurt or worse from these hateful antics.

[wideawake]

A member of this "church" by the name of Hockenbarger had his face pounded in by a concerned citizen who took exception to Hockenbarger's "THANK GOD FOR 9/11" sign.

That should become SOP.

I'll point out a few related facts:

(1) The Westboro Baptist Church only has about 100 members, all except 4 or 5 of whom are related to the pastor by blood or marriage.

(2) They are extremely litigious and have bankrupted several of their opponents through a barrage of nuisance lawsuits.

(3) For every 5 protests they announce like this, they only actually show up to one of them, since it's a long drive from Kansas to a lot of the locations. The goal is to enhance publicity for themselves.