Anti-abortion Westboro Baptist Church plans to disrupt Boston area funeral

[Xipe Totec]

The Westboro Baptist Church, a notorious anti-gay, anti-abortion organization is planning to disrupt the funeral for the Revelus family, who suffered a double murder of two daughters at the hands of their deranged brother.

According to the Westboro Baptist Church schedule at the "God Hates Fags" website:

http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html

They have not updated the location of the funeral in this website, which shows Roslindale as the location.

However, according to the Boston Herald, the location of the funeral has been moved to the Jubilee Christian Church at 1500 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan. The service is at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_02_Fund_started_to_help_Milton_family_cope_with_loss/srvc=home

Students from Brandeis University are planning a counter protests through facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67592014070&ref=mf

If there are any DUers in the Boston area that want to help with the counter protest, please go to this facebook site.

[drm604]

1. What the hell is wrong with those people? Just how low can they go?

This is seriously wrong. How can they feel that they have any right to intrude into this family's terrible tragedy like this? This is disgusting. This is beyond disgusting. :grr:

[Xipe Totec]

3. I agree

This should not be allowed to happen.

That's why Brandeis is forming a counter protest to block the WBC from reaching the funeral site with a human wall.

My son will be there, and I am so proud of him.

[Xipe Totec]

4. replied on the wrong thread

posted to the wrong thread. Sorry!

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Going as low as he possibly can go is Fred Phelps's whole raison d'etre.

And then, for good measure, he'd like to go lower.

[OhioChick]

2. This poor family will be burying their two daughters

And these assholes are going to disrupt it? That's seriously fucked up, especially when they can call themselves believers in God.

[Xipe Totec]

5. They are bussing people in

The WBC are not even local people.

They should just leave the family alone.

[OhioChick]

6. Good for your son for going.

These people are beyond ignorant. It's sickening.

[patrice]

7. Psssst: It's "anti-Choice" or "anti-Women's right to choose" . . . ALL of us are anti-Abortion.

[Xipe Totec]

10. DUly noted

thanks for the friendly fire :hi:

[Forkboy]

8. If I go I'll be arrested for murder.

[cliffordu]

16. I was just thinking the same thing....a drive by can be a wonderful thing....

[MikeNearMcChord]

9. Didn't they get sued by a family of a Marine who died in Iraq?

Where the hell is this **&%$% getting their money?

[patrice]

11. Thank YOU for keeping an eye on those Psychos. Counter-demonstrations are VERY useful.

That counter-voice is MUCH more important than most people realize.

I'm proud to know you.

[Xipe Totec]

12. My pleasure

This tragedy occured in my own neighborhood, within blocks of my house.

I'm trying to help my son's efforts by passing the word as much as possible.

If you know other progressive forums that might be interested, please pass it along.

:hi:

[patrice]

13. I've seen indexes of forums around, but don't recall anything indicating

social/political orientation.

You know, that'd be a good job of work for someone, who has the time (ha!) to do someday; wish I could volunteer.

[auburnblu]

14. They are terrible

What drives these idots. I was hoping they would counter protest the march for the idiot who shot the police officers in Oakland. All of those marchers and the Westboro crowd would be great if they wiped each other out, less stupid people.