Comments on: Group Plans To Picket Va. Tech Funerals

Anti-Gay Religious Group Known For Protesting At Services For U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iraq

[ncsailor]

I just opened my Webster's Dictionary and looked up the word IDIOT. I was not surprised to see the pictures of Fred Phelps and Shirley Phelps-Roper beside the definition. These creatures have no compassion for their fellow man. If anyone will rot in hell, it will surely be them.

My blood is boiling. If I were to voice my feelings at this time, it would certainly sound threatening. These idiots are not worth my time.

[lizardbate]

I cannot believe this group???????? They are the ones that lack the background in christianity they think they have. They are an occult and should be treated as such. God will be looking down on them in shame and disgust. I believe a military squad should be at each funeral prepared with a big nets to throw over and capture the idiots and haul the to Iraq to protest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[surfinator]

I guess I've been living in a box, because I've never even heard of this group. I am a Christian and these people DO NOT represent me nor any real Christian beliefs. To say that God sent Cho to kill these people is ludicrous. People are quite capable of doing that on their own without any help from God. Just for the 'fine christians' that believe that Cho or anyone else is in hell - no one is in hell. We all have to wait for the Day of Judgment for that. As for me, I'll be quite happy not to have to spend eternity with the likes of Fred and his followers - for they will split HELL wide open!!

[cilantro7]

Topeka hates FRED!!!!
He is the largest piece of *** that walks the face of the earth. The bad thing is that if he is able to gain names from any of these comments you are doomed with their hate mail. Kathleen S. just passed a law here in KS where they can no longer protest on the corner of public streets here in Topeka.

[kevyn10]

It is apparent the members of the Westboro Baptist Church planning to protest the services for the victims have either never understood the message of love and compassion contained in their own scriptures or have understood the message and rejected it. A protest designed to disrupt grieving families is not only reprehensible but one of the most uncharitable acts I can think of. The words of this group are poison and beyond reason; freedom of speech does not require the grieving families to be further inflicted with additional grief, anguish and despair. Therefore the law must intervene to protect those who grieve from those who would belittle their loss.

[taterbug3112]

The BEST thing the "media" could do would be IGNORE them! The WBC gets the attention/media coverage at soldiers' funerals when they protest. I'd LOVE to see TV cameras concentrate on the VICTIMS and, if they must, only verbally acknowledge that WBC staged a protest. I'd prefer the the media not even give WBC that much, but I know that's just wishful thinking.

[SGK1212]

The Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC); with all the crazy people in this country, why are these "animals" still walking around?!?!

[taterbug3112]

Where's a deranged gunman when you need him?


Posted by junogoose at 07:32 PM : Apr 20, 2007


This has to be the best response!

[wayfedup]

The organization, founded and led by Fred Phelps, believes the United States has condemned itself to destruction by accepting homosexuality and other %u201Csins of the flesh.%u201D Phelps%u2019 daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper, said the Virginia Tech teachers and students who died on Monday brought their fate upon themselves by not being true Christians.

%u201CThe evidence is they were not Christian. God does not do that to his servants,%u201D Phelps-Roper said. %u201CYou don%u2019t need to look any further for evidence those people are in hell.%u201D

Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech student responsible for the killings who took his own life after the shootings, was sent by God to punish those he killed, and America as a whole, for moral decline, said Phelps-Roper, while adding that she believes Cho is also in hell for violating God%u2019s commandment to not kill.

%u201CHe is in hell,%u201D Phelps-Roper said. %u201CBut he was also fulfilling the word of God.%u201D

What A PSYCHOTIC BI*TCH!

[cfin5]

This group really makes me sick. Their not baptist in any way shape or form. Jesus said for us to do good to our enemies, not pursecute them. That so called preacher reminds me of Jim Jones. I bet in his sermons he can twist the words of GOD into "Thou shalt smite thine enemies asunder". The Lord's brother James, and John were rebuked for getting self righteous and asking Jesus if they should call fire down out of heaven to burn up the samaritan village for not recieving him on his journey. Jesus said "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. (LUKE 9:51-56)

[auggator66]

I hope someone from this protesting group reads this...You are, by any shadow of a doubt, the most disgusting form of waste on the planet. You are a media hogging ***, and are without a doubt, not human.

[deadjester1]

"...Imagine there's no heaven, its easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky..."

Its freaks like these that prove there's no god. if this country wasn't so hung up on the concept of a supreme diety there wouldn't even be a WBC. Religion, like drugs or alcohol, gives a lot of people the fuel they need to do harmful or violent things. The actions people carry out in the name of a god or religion are continually facinating, sometimes even mind blowing, and more often than not, a little scary.

Here's how you stop this madness, have a few of the larger members of your group go over and quietly tell these idiots what's going to happen to them if they interfere with the service

[mikealford3]

Sadly enough they do have the freedom to speak. I however have the freedom not to listen. Similar to the age old question, if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there, does it make a sound? In this case, if these idiots protest and screem their hate and nobody listens, do these people actually make any noise? It is a shame that groups like this take advantage of situations and have no feelings for the victims families.

[elkc]

Fred Phelps is a lawyer slash preacher who's preached this message for decades without any moral person's objections and now his children have followed in his footsteps. As also his grandchildren. They want noticed and carry their message to any limit to achieve that. Maybe you can look at yourself and conclude your kids follow in your footsteps. It would be nice to know you didn't leave a Fred Phelps behind because of your judgements toward another.

[junogoose]

Where's a deranged gunman when you need him?

[lolei131980]

i obviously meant that freedom of speech does not include hate speech :P

[kansaschick1]

These people are disgusting. I am a Christian and have not found anything in my bible that supports thier beliefs. Christianity is not about religion it is about a relationship with God. Religion gets in the way for some and they are lead into these cults. Anyone can say they are anything doesn't mean it is so.

I pray for the families and hope in this time of sorrow they are able to grieve in peace. I pray for the Phelps family. I pray thier hearts are softened and God is allowed in so they can stop thier evil doings.

[lolei131980]

j_locke7

this isn't about the first amendment... the first amendment does not include "hate speech", which is clearly what this is. This is "freedom of religion", which means they can legally get away with anything, so long as they call it "religion". If they sacrifice virgins in the name of religion, courts won't interfere. Religion wins EVERY case. It's a sick world.

[kailumego1]

I sure hope CBS don't allow these fools airtime to spout this ridiculous nonsense, because they are no better than Cho Seung-Hui.

What the heck does homosexuality have to do with this insane moron viciously murdering 32 people and wounding 26 others ????

Obviously these fools don't have a clue who GOD is, and what he/she stands for.

Well I can only say, the "freaks come out at night and during the daytime".