Posted on 08/07/2007 1:37:31 AM PDT by Brynn2007
The Westboro Baptist Church has announced that they will be protesting the funerals of two victims of the 35W Bridge Collapse.
They will be protesting the funeral of Paul Eickstadt at 10:45 AM on Tuesday, August 7th at Grace Evangelical Free Church at 755 73rd Ave. in Minneapolis.
They will also be protesting the funeral of Sherry Lou Engebretsen at 10:45 AM on Wednesday, August 8th at Incarnation Lutheran Church at 4880 North Hodgson Rd. in Shoreview, MN.
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These two are just opinions on why the bridge collapsed. 1. http://www.godhatesfags.com/writings/20070804_americas-highways-lay-waste.pdf 2. http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/aug2007/20070802_minneapolis-bridge-collapse.pdf
This is a link to a list of links which lead to fliers for individual upcoming protesting events, the two MN victims included. http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/pickets.html
The following are the fliers for the individual funerals of Paul and Sherry, respectively.
http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/aug2007/20070806_paul-eickstadt-funeral.pdf
http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/aug2007/20070806_sherry-lou-engebretsen-funeral.pdf
I will be attending the protest of Mrs. Engebretsen's funeral to do as much to hinder their antics as I can...my only hope is that there will be a huge outpouring of support for these families.
My first thought was that it would be a bad idea to give hese people publicity...but to not protect the dignity of these families because of the risk of publicity for the WBC's cause would be a much greater injustice than if these families were given respect and the Phelps' just got more people to hate them through publicity in the process.
Please help if you are able! Thank you all.
The only reason these people are still alive is because it’s against the law to kill them.
It’d be a darn crying shame if say, they were driving to one of their protests, and the bridge they were on collapsed.
Though not part of the Patriot Guard’s mission, I wish their riders had gotten involved in this.
Phelps is being sued by a man from my town and I believe the trial date is this fall.
I’m hoping that this suit will lift the financial mask from the Phelps organization.
My view is that they are a left-liberal front group designed to discredit “the religious right.”
That's probably correct. Kind of funny how the Gay Rights people *never* go after them,. whereas the slightest perceived manifestation of 'homophobia' in anyone else is pounced on. They get a lot of money from *somewhere*. They *never* picket actual homosexual events. Their every appearance seems calculated to generate the most media coverage possible. And Phelps is known to have had some involvement with the Gores.
That is my belief, also. No truly religious group no matter how kooky would do things so fundamentally against Christian principle.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Would it be bad if I wished a tragic death on one of their own family members? Would they protest their own funeral?
Are you kidding me? Gay rights groups have been fighting this organization since they tried to erect a statue “in honor” of Mathew Shepard. They had/have counters stating how many days in hell Diane Whipple and Mathew Shepard have endured. Call it for what it is, a fundie religious group. The Phelps family is in no way stupid or poor. O
There are indeed times when ‘the law of the west’ was superior to our own. There are some things people shouldn’t be able to get away with, and what this group has been doing fall under that category.
If these sub-humans showed up at the funeral of my father I’d be hard pressed not to f-— some people up seriously.
I’m thinking most witnesses would swear I was in another state at the time.
Doing some digging now- looks like I might have been incorrect about that. I hadn’t heard of any major lawsuits or anything against them- but then, these people usually aren’t on my radar anyway- they aren’t worth the effort.
Hell, maybe he’s just a nut-case.
My G_D os not happy with them.
IBTZ!
Sounds like whatever twisted “God” the phelpsians glorify and Allah are two peas in a pod. Why do they rage so at America? I say jealousy.
There has to be some way to put out a general summons for a FReep.
If we ignore them, they won’t go away. But at least we’ll be ignoring them.
I’m not familiar with this whole thing. This group protests at funerals of gay people, I guess to protest homosexuality?
If that were only true. They are a fringe Baptist group, very sincere in their beliefs and who revel in their hatred. Their attacks are entirely non-partisan.
That's as an accurate description of Fred as any.
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