Posted on 06/17/2013 3:32:25 PM PDT by matt04
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
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The efforts have clearly irritated Westboro members, Equality House resident Davis Hammet said.
"She was so awesome. She was such a sweetheart," Hammet said. "She was right in front of this hate group. She was unfazed and unafraid, and they are so very vile and rude to people."
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Jayden told her father that she wanted to set up a lemonade stand to help a charity. After doing research, they settled on Equality House because of its mission and efforts, not its location across from the Westboro compound, her father said.
"She saw pictures of it and thought it was the most beautiful house in the world," Jon Sink said.
The father and daughter arrived about 11:30 a.m. Friday and set up shop. Jayden set up hand-made signs including one that said, "Pink lemonade for peace. $1 suggested donation."
Hammet said he saw Westboro members pacing up and down the sidewalk and repeatedly making phone calls. He believes they tried to call the police, who declined to shut down the lemonade stand.
"They use every legal power possible to shut down any kind of opposition," he said.
He said they also yelled rude comments at those buying the lemonade.
A group of motorcycle riders from Fort Riley came by and bought lemonade, and also ruffled the feathers of Westboro members, Hammet said. One soldier stepped on Westboro property while taking pictures, prompting at least one person to yell profanities at the soldier, who responded that he fought for his freedoms, Hammet said.
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“For example what has happened to this poor girl to cuase her to even think about sexuality, homo or hetero, at 5yo.”
I don’t think she has a clue about the sexuality of the owners of the house. She said she thought the house was beautiful. What you have here is a 5 year old kid who liked the paint job. And only a 5 year old could. So from a 5 year old’s perspective, she sold lemonade to help the nice people in the pretty house.
Thanks matt04.
Yeah, right.
I certainly don't support the Westboro fanatics. But I don't buy the father explanation. After they "research" Equality House "mission" this is what he wanted his daughter to support? Give me a break.
Why is this horrible group covered so much?
I am amazed that a grief-stricken family member hasn’t taken a pot shot at them.
Awesome! Westboro Baptist “Church” has now become so irrelevant and so pathetic that they find it necessary and useful to “target” a 5-year old girl!
You know, the material for my Conservative Saturday Night Live show just writes itself. Can you imagine the comedy skit you could make out of this?
Because they can be presented to low-information voters as typical white religious conservatives.
Some towns still allow lemonade stands? Was the IRS, OSHA etc not informed?
Shades of the Blues Bros “I Hate Illinois Nazi’s” scene ?
I agree. The fact the Westboro folks is still consuming oxygen is proof of how incredibly tolerant our nation is.
By rights the God fearing folks and the godless pagans should have teamed up to toss that Westboro bunch into the volcano by now.
Where’s “Mom”?
WHOA - you're right... That's it. It's one family, right? Do you know if they're funded by Soros or the FBI? Any thoughts on it?
They’re mostly one family, yes. And I suspect they are inbred as well. Most cults don’t don’t like their members marrying outsiders.
I suppose it is possible, but somehow I doubt it. I just wonder how many of them are gay.
I’d like to see how the Westborrow nitwits interpret the order of precedence articulated in Romans 1:25+
It’s pretty clear to me that homosexuals are a secondary symptom of a deeper condition where “because of this, God gave them over”.
Does God hate the frogs he sent as a plague against the idolatrous Egyptians?
>>Why is this horrible group covered so much?
Because they supply the opposition Transhumanist/Postgenderist activists need to prop themselves up with.
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