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Group Attacks Anti-Gay Protesters At Marine's Funeral
The Indy Channel ^
| May 23, 2006
| AP
Posted on 05/23/2006 9:23:24 AM PDT by Abathar
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:23:26 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
I was hoping for axe handles chains, not eggs and insults...
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:24:57 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Helen Thomas's first job was the test dummy at the Ugly Stick Manufacturing Co.)
To: Abathar
This is not a church but rather a group of lawyers looking to create a situation to sue someone and make some money.
To: Abathar
Church members plan to return to Seaford on Wednesday to picket the funeral of another Marine killed in Iraq.What despicable people..
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:26:34 AM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Kerry-Mcarthy in 2008!)
To: taxcontrol
True, but getting to beat the snot out of a lawyer AND a member of this "church" is just that much better to me. Unfortunately I have too much to lose, but there are a lot of people who don't that would love to catch these guys without the police there.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:27:27 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Helen Thomas's first job was the test dummy at the Ugly Stick Manufacturing Co.)
To: Abathar
Fred Phelps group is despicable. It is not Christian. And their going to funerals is horrid. But folks need to be aware that the way this group funds itself is to take civil action against people who attack them. I can understand folks wanting to pop somebody for their behavior. But that is a criminal act. But now this group will sue those five who assualted them, and will probably win damages.
Just leave this Phelps group alone. What God is going to do with them is far worse than anything we can do to them.
To: taxcontrol
a group of lawyers looking to create a situation to sue someone and make some money.they are common criminals who are disturbing the peace and inciting to riot, and they should have been prosecuted long ago.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:29:23 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
To: Abathar; Heatseeker; confederacy of dunces; Pyro7480; Dustbunny; Godebert; BykrBayb; ...
DelMarVa Ping.
They have a permit to be back for another funeral on Wednesday. That family issued a statement yesterday asking the good folks of Seaford to NOT allow a repeat of what happened Sunday.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:30:49 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
To: lexington minuteman 1775
I can understand folks wanting to pop somebody for their behavior. But that is a criminal act."Fighting words" are not protected.
And if going to a funeral and saying that you are glad that someone's beloved son is dead is NOT an example of fighhting words, it's hard to know what is.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:31:24 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
To: Abathar
Unfortunately, the evil side of my brain is working today. I would suggest that when one of the church members' family dies, that we picket their funeral, saying that it it God's punishment that they are picketing our military.
Turnabout it fair play, correct?
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:31:43 AM PDT
by
pghkevin
(Have you hugged your kids today? Have you thanked someone in the Military today?)
To: Abathar; kristinn; trooprally; tgslTakoma
This is why the DC Chapter's rules for protesting are so important.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:32:22 AM PDT
by
sauropod
("Heaven on my left, Hell on my right and the Angel of Death behind me" - Dune)
To: lexington minuteman 1775
Phelps' "God Hates Fags" signs betray him for what he is, and for what he is not. He's certainly not a Christian if he actually believes his rhetoric. The New Testament is explicit about hating the sin but loving the sinner.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:33:02 AM PDT
by
DesScorp
To: lexington minuteman 1775
You are absolutely correct. The best way to handle them is to encircle them so that no one can see their filthy signs, nor hear their epithets.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:34:19 AM PDT
by
Humidston
(Congress is like the Mafia - NO PAY, NO PLAY.)
To: pghkevin
I'd be tempted to just slip the casket out to another location for a very private funeral and burial. I'd let the people who really count know at the last moment.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:34:37 AM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(After midnight, alcohol, frat boys, a stripper...no good can come from it.)
To: Jim Noble
"Fighting words" are not protected.Exactly. At some point, a wise police department should tell Phelps' gang, at the outset, that they are engaged in incitement to riot, give them the alloted time to disperse, and then arrest them after they refuse to disperse.
To: Abathar
"Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church"
Fred Phelps' Westboro CULT
There fixed it. These people are not a church and most certainly not Baptist
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:34:56 AM PDT
by
gidget7
(PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
To: lexington minuteman 1775
But folks need to be aware that the way this group funds itself is to take civil action against people who attack them. I can understand folks wanting to pop somebody for their behavior. But that is a criminal act. But now this group will sue those five who assualted them, and will probably win damages. How can they prevail with such deliberately and outrageously provocative behaviour, designed to be as offensive as possible? Don't some states have "Fighting Words" doctrines where even killing is winked at?
We all know there are things you just cannot do or say without consequences. What they are doing is like wearing an SS uniform to a Bar Mitzva, or a Klan outfit to some Black Power rally. How could anyone possibly care what happens to them?
It surely is only a matter of time, and when it happens I hope whoever does it makes a clean sweep and leaves no plaintiffs.
To: pghkevin
I would suggest that when one of the church members' family dies, that we picket their funeral, saying that it it God's punishment that they are picketing our military.Get a bunch of people to picket with signs saying "God Hates Fred Phelps 'Cuz Fred's a Fag!"
~()):~)>
To: lexington minuteman 1775
This is not intended as an incitement, merely a statement of fact.
Dead people can't sue anyone.
L
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:37:14 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: Abathar
These people need to understand, if they are believers in Christ. They should represent Christ.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:40:52 AM PDT
by
navygal
(Numbers 6:24-26)
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