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Motorcycles Drown Out Effort To Disrupt Funeral
ChannelOklahoma ^
| 10/12/05
Posted on 10/12/2005 9:38:08 AM PDT by areafiftyone
CHELSEA, Okla. -- An effort by members of a Kansas church to protest at the funeral of an Oklahoma soldier Tuesday was drowned out by the roar of motorcycles.
About 70 members of the American Legion Riders group from Oklahoma and Kansas revved their engines as five protesters from Westboro Baptist Church held inflammatory signs. The protesters say American soldiers are being killed because of homosexuality in the United States.
The protest took place as family members of Army Staff Sgt. John Doles gathered just down the street at a church for Doles' funeral. Doles, 29, of Chelsea, was killed Sept. 30 in an ambush in Afghanistan.
American Legion Riders' member Cregg Hanson said Doles' family asked the group to rev their motorcycle engines when the Kansas church group arrived.
The riders also formed a barrier and waved American flags to block the view of the protest.
About 40 police officers were also on hand and Chelsea residents joined the motorcycle riders in waving American flags.
Video is on the Website!
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: fredphelps
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THANK YOU AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS!!
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:39:47 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: martin_fierro
pinging the hooligan pinger.. ;)
To: areafiftyone
Ummm... Looks like nutbar religious whackos were drowned out, as opposed to evil leftists. Or did I read the article wrong?
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:40:39 AM PDT
by
Hard Way
(Razor nothin'. I'm firing up Occam's Chain Saw)
To: areafiftyone
That is really, really cool.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:40:49 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(also enjoy the occasional kick of a puppy.)
To: areafiftyone
These weren't leftists being drowned out, were they? Aren't these the rabid anti-gay Baptists?
To: areafiftyone
Phelps, of course. Hoepfully they aimed their exhaust pipes at the "bull exhaust" providers as well.
-Eric
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:42:58 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(Anyone who thinks Bush-bashing is banned from FR has never read a Middle East thread.)
To: areafiftyone
Suck exhaust fumes, freaks.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:43:12 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Hard Way
"nutbar religious whackos were drowned out, as opposed to evil leftists"
In this case, they are one and the same group.
In the cases of militant atheists, actually, ditto as atheism has been ruled a religion.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:43:49 AM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: cripplecreek
he usually is the nutjob behind these type of events
Two possibilities:
First, either phelps and his people really are that whacked out and believe the crap they spew, or he's a stealth lefty whose believes it's his job to make religious people look bad by acting like a complete loon.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:44:18 AM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Sorry, but I'm allergic to KoolAid.)
To: Steve_Seattle
"These weren't leftists being drowned out, were they? Aren't these the rabid anti-gay Baptists?" Phelps is an Algore supporting, homosexual agenda enabling, leftist jerk.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:44:52 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: Hard Way
"Or did I read the article wrong?"
You read it right, and I'm not sure areafiftyone read it at all. "Evil leftists" don't claim that American soldiers are dying in Iraq as punishment for homosexuality in America.
To: Hard Way
When they trample and step on an American flag which they did in the video I call them Leftists! But that's just my opinion! :-)
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:45:22 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: Steve_Seattle
These weren't leftists being drowned out, were they? Aren't these the rabid anti-gay Baptists? Phelps is tight with Al & Tipper Gore. Draw your own conclusions.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:46:18 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: All; Admin Moderator
Please feel free to correct my title. I may have read the story wrong. They probably are NOT Leftists.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:46:52 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: avg_freeper
"Phelps is an Algore supporting, homosexual agenda enabling, leftist jerk."
This does not compute. These people are protesting against homosexuality, not for it.
To: areafiftyone
If you go left or right far enough you get to the same place.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:47:21 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: flashbunny
Westboro Baptist Church is Freds church all right.
These people are anything but Christian. Personally I suspect that they aren't even conservatives. Phelps spent plenty of time kissing the Toons butt when he was in office.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:47:28 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Steve_Seattle
These weren't leftists being drowned out, were they? Aren't these the rabid anti-gay Baptists? Actually, Fred Phelps is a radical leftist, believe it or not.
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:49:09 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(God grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who have gone before me.)
To: Prime Choice
Are you saying these people are pretending to be over-the-top anti-gay in order to arouse criticism of normal conservatives?
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