Oh, yea! Westboro Baptist Church to picket the Alaska Native Heritage Center

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.themudflats.net/archives/42818

Fred Phelps, the founder of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas is dead and gone, but the institution of intolerance and hatred is still on the march, and headed to Alaska. WBC has a long history of organizing anti-gay protests, and picketing military and other funerals with crude and offensive signs.

Now, Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage on the morning of June 1. Why, you ask?

A news release posted on GodHatesFags.com, replete with Bible quotations, states two reasons for protesting the Alaska Heritage Center.

“…you make a religion out of the pagan idolatrous practices of past generations. There is nothing appealing or holy about the “heritage” of the eleven “distinct cultures” or “diverse population” of Alaska. They walked in darkness and served idols of every kind, contrary to the direct commandment to have no gods before God.

“… you fail to give God the glory, instead of the traditions and gods of the past… Stop worshiping dead cultures, man-made idols, and the sinful traditions of past generations. Put the resources into teaching and learning the Bible instead, and warning your neighbor to stop sinning before it’s too late, and he’s sinned away the last day of grace.”

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Good grief. As if Alaska's Native cultures weren't here for thousands of years before their "religions."

[shenmue]

1. I have to wonder

why some people are so full of hate. It can't be fun to be that way.

I like to be happy. Who wants to run around hating people?

[WillyT]

3. Answer: They Hate Themselves...

Yet make the mistake believing that everybody thinks like they do.

[cpwm17]

2. They're hateful trolls

Almost nobody likes them. I think they should be mostly ignored.

[scarletwoman]

4. Assholes.

No, really.

[NV Whino]

5. They may have underestimated Alaska

[roguevalley]

6. they have. we have lots of military and nearly 60% gun ownership

BLUE! Keep us informed. I will come up.

[niyad]

7. we want video!!

[Archae]

8. Let 'em get eaten by a walrus.

[hatrack]

9. No, they deserve to slowly bleed out at the hands of clouds of mosquitoes .. .

And by June 1st, this is a distinct possibility!!

[HooptieWagon]

10. They're so universally disliked, a reverse boycott might work.

Get all the local businesses to not sell them anything... no motel room, no food, no gasoline, no insect repellent... etc.

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Maybe they could sell them a special "Repellent"

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[Generic Other]

11. Time to revive the traditon I once saw on Northern Exposure!

The Thanksgiving tradition where the natives threw tomatoes at everyone else. That did make me laugh!

[KinMd]

13. Wonder if a former Alaskan govenror might lead a counter protest?

....naaaaaa

[Blue_In_AK]

14. A Facebook counter protest group was set up this afternoon

and already has almost 1,000 members.

[davidpdx]

15. It's time for Anonymous to fuck with them again

Someone needs to put those asswipes in their proper place.

[cntrfthrs]

16. These people gotta be careful

They show up at an Alaskan village or anywhere natives are celebrating/holding ceremony, they'll need police protection. We 'Indins' don't cotton to anyone telling us what to do or how to act when it comes to our individual culture. They announced they'd show up on my Rez for a relatives funeral who was killed in Iraq a while back. I think my tribal government simply announced they could not guarantee westboros safety and they never showed up...

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I have some good news to report.

Evidently WBC has backed down on picketing the Heritage Center after a huge outcry from locals and even a press release from the govenor, who ordinarily is a major putz. They are still planning to picket Catholic Holy Family Cathedral and mega Changepoint Community Church (which coincidentally is the governor's home church) for the sin of being "lukewarm." Counter protests are still being planned.

[dembotoz]

18. i hear alaska is pretty in june-perhaps more fun to picket then than in january

i just wish i had the disposable income to go bouncing all over creation to picket at their whims.

must be nice

is this a business where they can write off all the business miles

do they get special rates from hotels.com

yes i understand they are inbred toad fuckers, but damn

[Zorra]

19. Dear Westboro bigots ~ The story of Raven.

[joeybee12]

20. That was a great episode...NE was a great show for a while...

Then it got stupid, which was a shame.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. It would have been better if it had been filmed in Alaska

instead of Washington, but, yes, it was fun for a while, although catering to stereotypes.

[joeybee12]

22. It was quirky, and quirky really didn't exist on tv until

cable programming exploded...this and Twin Peaks really stood out during their time.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. The Tsimshian/Haida artist who made this piece of art

told us that story when we bought it. I like the legend.