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Elizabeth Edwards' funeral draws Westboro Baptist Church protest
Examiner.com ^ | December 9th, 2010 | Michael Stone

Posted on 12/10/2010 1:01:45 AM PST by South40

Wednesday the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to protest the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards. Edwards, the estranged wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer.

The Westboro Baptist Church sent out a press release condemning Edwards and her family, and announcing the group's plan to protest her funeral at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: elizabethedwards; johnedwards; westboro; westborobaptist
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1 posted on 12/10/2010 1:01:49 AM PST by South40
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To: South40

shoot um


2 posted on 12/10/2010 1:15:54 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

double tap


3 posted on 12/10/2010 1:16:29 AM PST by Netizen
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To: South40

If I posted what I am thinking I would be banned, every time these a-holes are mentioned, my christian upbringing is sorely tested


4 posted on 12/10/2010 1:19:45 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: South40

There are some people with no decency.

Can’t they let the dead rest in peace?


5 posted on 12/10/2010 1:23:02 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: South40

Based on a FR request from a week or so ago, I’ve restrained myself from giving an opinion on her. After her funeral, maybe I’ll speak up a bit.


6 posted on 12/10/2010 1:42:17 AM PST by BobL
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To: South40

I’ve seen this pathetic group protest at a soldier’s funeral, and they disgust me beyond words. They are clearly not Christian, and they give the impression of being one of the sickest, most inbred families I’ve seen. Worse, it looks to me like their protests are a carnival to them. Give a strange enough freak show, and someone will applaud. I think these protests are a money generator to them, where those people whose lives are centered around hating gays instead of around loving God send money to fund the WBB “Church’s” work.


7 posted on 12/10/2010 1:49:21 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Pollster1
Fred Phelps, Jr. served as a Gore delegate on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in 1988 and Gore invited him to both the 1993 and 1997 presidential inaugurations. I don't know if they have any relationship now but they used to be good buds.


8 posted on 12/10/2010 1:58:45 AM PST by South40 (If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ~Thomas Paine)
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To: South40

Those rumors that you can hire an assassin for only a couple hundred bucks must be greatly exaggerated.


9 posted on 12/10/2010 2:00:36 AM PST by MNDude (Legalize drugs! Ban the Happy Meal!)
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To: South40

Where do they get the mney to travel around and do this?

And why protest her funeral? Because her husband is gay?


10 posted on 12/10/2010 2:03:42 AM PST by DBrow
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To: South40

Verbal harassment and stalking are forms of freedom of speech according to half a century or more of liberal judges.


11 posted on 12/10/2010 2:08:34 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: DBrow

She was an advocate for both ‘gay rights’ and abortion. That, and the fact that the media will be there en masse is enough to get these cretins out of their hole.


12 posted on 12/10/2010 2:12:03 AM PST by South40 (If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ~Thomas Paine)
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To: SpaceBar

Liberal judges say you’re entitled to violate a funeral because some nut should be allowed to make a nuisance of himself.

There you have it.


13 posted on 12/10/2010 2:13:20 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SpaceBar
Verbal harassment and stalking are forms of freedom of speech according to half a century or more of liberal judges.

Try calling a gay man 'faggot' and see if the same applies.

14 posted on 12/10/2010 2:18:08 AM PST by South40 (If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ~Thomas Paine)
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To: LeoWindhorse

P u b l i c i t y W h o r e s


15 posted on 12/10/2010 2:27:27 AM PST by databoss
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To: South40

Where are the union thugs when you might really want them?


16 posted on 12/10/2010 2:32:39 AM PST by Gritty-Kitty
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To: South40

Wonder how the anti military left thinks about these vermin now that the shoe is on their foot?


17 posted on 12/10/2010 2:39:28 AM PST by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: South40
I certainly don't agree with the protest.
With that said, if they are allowed to protest our soldiers then I guess they can protest her.
I personally think funerals should be left alone. Especially Military & Police funerals where the deceased member died while on duty, protecting our freedoms.
18 posted on 12/10/2010 2:45:10 AM PST by DeaconRed (This is subject to change at any time! ! ! !. When Voter thinks up a good one. . .)
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To: MNDude

For $200 you usually get a F.B.I. agent posing as a hitter.


19 posted on 12/10/2010 3:30:50 AM PST by Rearden (Deo Vindice)
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To: South40

The community needs to band around the family and take up public space so these jerks can’t get near the Edwards family, using large banners or flags if needed. This has been successful twice recently in Missouri.


20 posted on 12/10/2010 3:47:14 AM PST by GnuHere
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