Protesters Drop Plans to Picket PA Amish Funerals

[cynatnite]

Instead, members of the Westboro Baptist Church issued a statement today saying a representative will appear on a nationally syndicated radio talk show.

The web site of show host Mike Gallagher indicated the group was offered an hour of airtime Thursday in exchange for dropping the planned demonstration.

Members of the church regularly picket military funerals, saying that U.S. servicemen and women are dying overseas because God is displeased with the nation's tolerance of homosexuals.

The church says it blames Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell for the deaths of the Amish children because of comments he made about its group on national TV several months ago.

http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/4307502.html

[jackstraw45]

1. Why don't they go picket up Denny Hastert's ASS!

WTF is WRONG with these a-holes!?!?

[Freedomofspeech]

3. They're Christians....

remember?

[MrModerate]

2. I know the Amish are a nonviolent people . . .

But I'm sure a just god would forgive them if they stoned these sick fucks if they dared to show their faces.

[Redstone]

7. I respect the nonviolence of the Amish. If, however, they want to me to

wade into those sick motherfuckers with a 34-ounce Louisville Slugger on their behalf, I'd be only too happy to do so.

Redstone

[kestrel91316]

12. Come pick me up on your way!

[warrens]

4. I think it's time about 500 people with baseball bats

Have a little chat with these scumbags.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Agreed!

[Redstone]

8. See my post just above yours! We have the same (good) idea!

Redstone

[Penndems]

14. Let them show up in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia

They'll get the bejeezus beat out of them. Phelps and Company will wish they'd never set foot in Pennsylvania.





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[INDIA]

6. Can we just ignore these people?

They probably number less than 100. Why the hell do we care so much about what 100 inbred sickos in Kansas are doing?

By paying attention to them, reading articles about them, going to their website,(for the shock value and disgust) we are doing exactly what they want.

All the attention they are getting from well intentioned people, politicians and that biker group is only emboldening them.


Until they number in the thousands and become widespread, they aren't worth anybodys time. (Says me after I take the time to post on the subject.)

[Redstone]

10. Yes, you're absolutley right. We're just playing into their desire for

publicity by wanting to work them over with ballbats (and, for a bit of variety, car antennas).

I'm not being sarcastic here; you really are right.

But we're human. It would be SO satisfying, putting a bit of physical violence on them in return for the hideous psychological violence they've made those families suffer.

Redstone

[MrModerate]

13. But sometimes the community needs to purge itself . . .

of the truly despicable or decency will curdle in its veins.

What if a thousand people organized a "reception line" that would parade past the Westborons and drench them in spit? That many people would send a powerful message, make the Westborons continued protest untenable (at least on that day), and might precipitate a violent response from the Westborons that would lead to police action.

Just a thought . . .

[sam sarrha]

9. maybe it was a couple million death threats, supprised someone hasnt throw

a 5 gal bucket of blood on them yet..

[MzNov]

11. Rendell's fault? wait, I thought it was Jimmy Carter's fault.

I just can't keep up....


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Let's
Landslide!

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