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Anti-gay church pickets funeral service for Reno rape victim (Yep Phelps Phreaks)
Arizona Daily Star ^ | MARTIN GRIFFITH

Posted on 02/25/2008 5:23:08 PM PST by SandRat

RENO, Nev. — A small group from a Kansas-based church that protests at the funerals of U.S. soldiers faced off Saturday night against more than 150 counter-demonstrators outside a memorial service for a Reno woman killed by a serial rapist.

The tense standoff during a fierce snowstorm ended peacefully when three female anti-gay protesters associated with the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., were escorted away from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in a police van, Reno police Sgt. police Sgt. Chris Lange said.

(Excerpt) Read more at azstarnet.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: funeral; hate; phelps; rape

1 posted on 02/25/2008 5:23:10 PM PST by SandRat
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To: SandRat

It would be more accurate to call this particular church, the “Moonbat Church”.


2 posted on 02/25/2008 5:26:13 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: SandRat

These idiots are going to keep pushing until someone who’s grieving decides to push back.Hard.


3 posted on 02/25/2008 5:26:16 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: SandRat
I hope these POS run into a “buzz saw” someday.

That day is fast approaching.

4 posted on 02/25/2008 5:26:21 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: SandRat; wagglebee; Salvation; Las Vegas Dave; narses; EternalVigilance; fieldmarshaldj; metmom; ...

I didn’t think it was possible, but this time, Phelps & Company have really outdone themselves.


5 posted on 02/25/2008 5:28:39 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: SandRat

The police never take them away from a military funeral.

And they are NOT a church they are something else that I cannot use on this site.


7 posted on 02/25/2008 5:31:46 PM PST by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
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To: SandRat
I would not want to be a member of this so called "Church" on the day of judgment. The Lords prayer has a clause they may want to reexamine: "...as we forgive those who sin against us". But heck these folks won't even forgive people that haven't sinned against them!
8 posted on 02/25/2008 5:34:49 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: coconutt2000

No, I’m sorry, but you’ll have to chalk this up to the Church of Satan. Nothing else quite fits.

There is no justification for interrupting the mourning process like this. This is sick and twisted beyond belief.


9 posted on 02/25/2008 5:35:04 PM PST by DoughtyOne (We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
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To: coconutt2000
I refer to this group as the Westburo Hate Cult. This sick group worship Old Man Phelps. And all of the members are his relatives. I pity the little kids trapped in this despicable cult.
11 posted on 02/25/2008 5:36:17 PM PST by Irish Queen (Nevada Gal)
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To: SandRat

So I’m guessing they didn’t pay the judgement against them.


13 posted on 02/25/2008 5:37:48 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: SandRat

These creeps used to be fund raisers for algore. I’ve seen the picture here on FR.


14 posted on 02/25/2008 5:38:48 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: TASMANIANRED

Nope, the cheap ..........


15 posted on 02/25/2008 5:39:19 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Eagles6

Yep. You can bet they are still behind some if not all of the Loonie Left DemocRATS.


16 posted on 02/25/2008 5:40:29 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Hatred and venom is the currency of the left.


17 posted on 02/25/2008 5:41:17 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: coconutt2000

Actually, it’s just a moonbat family. Of their roughly 70 members, almost all are members of the Phelps family. And given the size of the family, it seems they can’t even convert all their own kids.


18 posted on 02/25/2008 5:41:47 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: SandRat

The founder looks just like the preacher in Poltergeist 2.

19 posted on 02/25/2008 5:42:50 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Sure, they'd love to kill me, as long as they can do it without admitting I exist)
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To: Richard Kimball

Separated at birth???


20 posted on 02/25/2008 5:43:30 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

I had followed this case hoping against the odds that this innocent young woman would be found safe, knowing she wouldn’t. And then it was announced that she had been found dead.

Honestly, if I had been at this funeral one or more of those folks would have had to defend themselves against me. And I would have gladly gone with the police after I was done.

I’d imagine the man who killed this young woman got a real kick out of this group adding insult to injury to this young woman’s family and friends.

I guess protesting at a young child’s funeral would be worse, but only by a millimeter.

Judgement day is a comin’ folks, and God knows all. When what you have done hits you in His presence, I hope this young girl’s parents are able to watch.


21 posted on 02/25/2008 5:43:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
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To: SandRat

Evil incarnate in one of it’s many guises.


22 posted on 02/25/2008 5:57:30 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: TASMANIANRED
Disgusting group aren’t they.
23 posted on 02/25/2008 5:58:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
Ever since Phelps went to the Democrat convention as an Algore delegate, he's not been on a sound footing.

However, this latest lurch into facilitation of rape has gotta' be the end.

24 posted on 02/25/2008 5:59:15 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
Pedophilia and homicide may be next up in their rotation.
25 posted on 02/25/2008 6:04:07 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

I’m sorry but they are just trying to be creepy and offensive. No way do I believe they are serious about anything but making Christians look foolish. No one agrees with what they do.


26 posted on 02/25/2008 6:12:36 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: SandRat

Prayers for the poor girl and her grieving family and friends!

As far as the perp, and the satanic cult who soiled the funeral....the moderators may as well pull my comment in solidarity with the others that were pulled. I have nothing good to say other than [click(X) click(X) click(X) click(X) click(X) click(X)]!

(X) = BLAM!


27 posted on 02/25/2008 6:26:25 PM PST by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
No way do I believe they are serious about anything but making Christians look foolish.

I think that a substantial number of the Phelps clan are lawyers, aren't they? Their schtick is to sue towns, and individuals who interfere with their first amendment freedoms. That is how they support themselves.

28 posted on 02/25/2008 6:28:41 PM PST by sockmonkey
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To: SandRat

By any stretch of the imagination can their cause be related to the rape/murder of a woman by a man. Are they saying God is punishing murder victims because we have gays in the US. Or are they just publicity addicts?


29 posted on 02/25/2008 6:31:07 PM PST by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine

Yes to both your interrogatories.


30 posted on 02/25/2008 6:34:42 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

These people are complete nut cases. As a Christian, it really bothers me they call themselves a church. I would imagine most people understand they’re just crazy, but I still hate to hear them label themselves Christians.

Their protests don’t even make sense. What does this girl or soldiers have to do with homosexuality? What kind of person would find pleasure in someone’s grief, no matter what their orientation or beliefs?

I know they’re not real Christians, but their signs saying God hates gay people really anger me as well. Telling people God hates them isn’t the way the change a person’s heart.

Will they be picketing their own family members’ funerals? By their own logic, the Phelps family lives in the U.S., and is therefore culpable for all the ills of the nation.


31 posted on 02/25/2008 7:21:02 PM PST by chickpundit
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By their own logic, the Phelps family lives in the U.S., and is therefore culpable for all the ills of the nation.

Not in their state of dementia.

32 posted on 02/25/2008 7:30:10 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Clintonfatigued
"God Sent the Killer."


And, satan sent Phelps and his minions.

These people are worse than human debris.

33 posted on 02/25/2008 10:00:15 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: AndyTheBear
I would not want to be a member of this so called "Church" on the day of judgment.

Phelps is convinced that when he dies he's headed straight for paradise. I tend to agree with you that when that day comes he will be sadly disappointed.

34 posted on 02/26/2008 3:53:02 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: SandRat

Look folks, Phelps is an ATHEIST, anti-God, anti-church communist! This is his way of trying to hurt/destroy/smear God and church, and the way people are foolishly falling for it amazes me!


35 posted on 02/26/2008 4:03:32 AM PST by Duke of Milan
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