Posted on 11/02/2007 5:38:31 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
Vandalism at Westboro Baptist Church Friday November 2 2007 9:44
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Topeka police are investigating vandalism at the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its protests at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Police said graffiti spray-painted on the church read, "God hates intolerance'' and "God hates the Phelps,'' an apparent reference to the church's belief that God is punishing the United States for its support of homosexuals.
The vandalism was discovered on the day after a Baltimore jury awarded 11 million dollars to the father of a fallen Marine who sued the church over its protest of his son's funeral.
Two homemade firecrackers were found outside the church, and area streets were shut down as a precaution.
Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper said the damage is the latest of numerous acts of vandalism committed to the church's property over the past 17 years.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
But we are definitely on the same page. These people are repugnant.
Their church is just part of their radical, leftwing scam. Someone needs to follow the money with these scumbags. Ten to one it leads straight to the wallet of Soros or some other liberal rabble rouser.
They seem a little fuzzy on everything to me. Starting with human decency.
He’s lucky its just paint. I don’t consider that place a church or what he “preaches” to be religion.
If someone were to take a bulldozer to it, I wouldn’t be disappointed.
They got what they deserved. I don’t want to know anything about who the culprit was.
“Im not much for property destruction, especially churches, but in this one instance well ;-)”
It is not truly a church. It is a political meeting hall, for some of the worst people I can imagine.
Someone within the group probably did it...although it wasn’t the leadership...I’m betting.
Actually, the best way to take these guys on...is to bring out a youtube video...and have various gays announce their love for Fred and his church. Then pull a couple of guys out who admit they’ve done and had relations with many members of the church. These idiots would meet on Sunday and start looking at each other, and then start condemning each other for gayness. A huge fit would erupt and the cops would be called in to settle the situation.
The photos were great on TV. The paint was red, just like the red pain they use on their “posterboards”. The phrases were painted on the front ‘display sign’, their wooden privacy fence (I guess that was in the back). I didn’t see the other graffiti.
I have to tell ya, they asked for it, it was bound to happen. I expected something to happen to them at some point.
Oh man, that would be a news story...if indeed they are connected.
I was aware that she is an atty, but didn’t realize that her husband was connected in the law field as well.
We don't, ergo:
They did it!
When bitter old Fred Phelps finally kicks the bucket, his funeral is going to draw intense interest.
And hopefully many brown paper bags.
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