Phelps seeks anti-gay marker

Casper Star Tribune ^ | October 3, 2003 | Brendan Burke

[MikeJ75]

Rev. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., announced plans Thursday to erect a monument in Casper's City Park.

The monument would be made of marble or granite, stand 5 to 6 feet in height, with a heavy bronze plaque bearing the face of slain University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard and an inscription reading "MATTHEW SHEPARD, Entered Hell October 12, 1998, in Defiance of God's Warning: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind; it is abomination.' Leviticus 18:22," a letter from the Westboro Baptist Church signed by Phelps sent to the city of Casper states.

The church plans to place the monument in City Park because the park is already home to a Ten Commandments monument donated to the city by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles in 1965.

[aruanan]

This is just evil.

[headsonpikes]

I think the Reverend Fred is trying to make his life suitable for a made-for-TV movie.

He is a caricature.

[John Beresford Tipton]

That ass*ole used to post here.
I just can't recall his Freeper name .

[JoJo Gunn]

"Caricature" is an understatement!

[Physicist]

A crime against Gods nature is still a crime against Gods nature.

Then let "Gods nature" take care of it. This monument doesn't stand for God's hatred. It stands for man's.

[ntnychik]

What about "You who are without sin cast the first stone" doesn't Phelps understand. WWJD?

[longtermmemmory]

Is this serious?

Yes the media glossed over the fact sheppard was cruising for homosexual sex.

Would not a better and more serious memorial be for the child Dirkshig boy? He was forgotten in favor of supporting the perveyers of perversion.

[Greybird]

I can think of a couple dozen frequent-posting FReepers who not only would applaud this atrocity, but also would drive to Casper with bags of concrete mix so that they could help pour the foundation.

[fella]

You mean like whe Gods nature brougt forth AIDS?

[Physicist]

Or SIDS?

[stands2reason]

I am ashamed that Fred Phelps calls himself a Christian.

[fella]

Don't you mean STDs. Stop screwing around and stop STDs, it's a fairly simple rule and it works.

[Physicist]

No, I mean SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. If AIDS is God's angry vengeance against homosexuals, as you seem to believe, then SIDS must be God's angry vengeance against helpless infants and loving parents.

Maybe someone calling himself a Christian can go build a monument to that.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So is this newspaper a left-wing rag?

[rdb3]

The passage he quoted is Old Testament, we are under the laws of the New Testament.

I understand what you are saying, but the sin of homosexuality is still sin. Romans 1 is a prime example.

This does not mean that I am excusing Phelps. I wish he'd go away for he does the Body no good.

[punster]

Phelps is one the big reasons why some of the gay community has formed a group called the 'Pink Pistols' (do a search on the web). They have decided that if they are attacked, they will fight back.

[MikeJ75]

Phelps is one the big reasons why some of the gay community has formed a group called the 'Pink Pistols' (do a search on the web). They have decided that if they are attacked, they will fight back.

I previously posted on that subject. The post is here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/822619/posts.

[MikeJ75]

Here's a more recent article on the same subject:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NDMyOTQ5JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

My favorite line from the article: "No one is sitting outside a bar on a Friday night with a baseball bat waiting to bash a bunch of NRA members." These sorts of groups demonstrate the need for strong 2nd Amendment protections.