Bikers protect dead soldiers familes from church who say IEDs R gods anger 4 US gays

[Major Robert Dump]

It's wrong, regardless of whether the funeral is for soldiers or dead homosexuals. You don't disrupt funerals like that, it's not right.

On a happy note, several states are proposing legislation to make "funeral protests" or "disrupting funerals" a crime. As far as I know, Oklahoma is the farthest along on the bill, the house already voted for it and is now awaiting a vote in the senate. It allows for fines and possible jail time, although if they showed up at a funeral I was at they would all be bloddy or dead by the time the cops got there....

Whats sad is that it took this long for our leaders to realize this was a problem. they were either wholly uninformed that its been going on for years, or they didn't care because before it wasn't about soldiers and pols don't want to be percieved as sticking up for gays. Truly sad, really

[Watchman]

You know, I don't quite see where you need God getting involved in the IEDs anyway. All those take is explosives, a bit of know-how, some creativity, and a nasty intent (or as one book on the history of military trap-making and minefields was titled, A Malice Aforethought). Humans have no shortage of any of those, so divine intervention would appear rather unnecessary.

Then again, this particular Reverend doesn't sound like the type to let such trivialities as "logic" or "common sense" slow him down...

[AquaLurker]

Usually if the Fred Phelps church would do that in my country...

*Imagine mode*

Call a bunch of good friends down, set up some comfy pinic mat, order a mountain of burgers, a bucket of fries, great my buddies have brought some beach umbrelas Grin widely as we dial for the police~YOooossshhhh!!!~ and enjoy the show ~Ah CHAaaaaaa.... ~ I left the large cokes at Macdonalds

*Imagine mode off*

Ahhhhh Yumei...

[AntiochusIII]

Well, to play the devil's -- or even worse, Fred Phelp's -- advocate here. This is Freedom of Speech and enduring what we REALLY don't like to hear (not to mention completely twisted) is part of our public virtue. Beating the Phelps out of him might be gratifying in a sense but that would eventually conclude us as the same bunch as the mob that burned the "witches" at Salem, albeit on the other, more acceptable end of the spectrum.

Mocking the dead, hating the "fags," declaring some twisted falsehood as realities; of course, the guy really cries for somebody to punch him, but we should not. The bikers do a good job, by the way, in keeping with protecting those who suffer both emotionally and physically at the death of the soldiers.

[Major Robert Dump]

Well, to play the devil's -- or even worse, Fred Phelp's -- advocate here. This is Freedom of Speech and enduring what we REALLY don't like to hear (not to mention completely twisted) is part of our public virtue. Beating the Phelps out of him might be gratifying in a sense but that would eventually conclude us as the same bunch as the mob that burned the "witches" at Salem, albeit on the other, more acceptable end of the spectrum.

Mocking the dead, hating the "fags," declaring some twisted falsehood as realities; of course, the guy really cries for somebody to punch him, but we should not. The bikers do a good job, by the way, in keeping with protecting those who suffer both emotionally and physically at the death of the soldiers.

This is not free speech necessarily even by todays standards.

No. Funerals are on public or private property in some form or another, and there are property laws to protect the actual cemetary which is private and you can make laws that prohibit certain activity on public lands illegal at certain times, or to make permits required for that type of public land that would never be granted because you included some criteria no one could meet. It's done all the time to keep people from protesting 4 feet from a governor, or during a parade, . You could also make certain acts considered aggravating to certain people grounds for disorderly conduct. You make no-mask laws to keep the KKK from marching, you can do something creative with funerals as well

You dont let kids talk in class, people shut up during a movie, so make the conduct illegal and let Fred blow it out his booty. This law should have been enacted 5 years ago but no one had the balls. You don't disrupt funerals.

[Ironside]

Then again, this particular Reverend doesn't sound like the type to let such trivialities as "logic" or "common sense" slow him down...

He was the one claiming that the tsunami in south-east Asia was god's punishment on the Swedes for promoting homosexuality.

Thus claiming that god's aim is so great that 0,2% of all people killed was of the intended target.

[Samurai Waki]

I wonder if Fred Phelps is a secret member of NAMBLA

[Mikeus Caesar]

He was the one claiming that the tsunami in south-east Asia was god's punishment on the Swedes for promoting homosexuality.

Thus claiming that god's aim is so great that 0,2% of all people killed was of the intended target.

God is a bad shot when it comes to throwing pebbles. He was actually aiming for Sweden, but accidentally killed 200,000 people including 500+ Swede's. He regards the 200,000 as cannon fodder, who had probably done some sinning anyway.

It makes me want to pick up my faith in Christianity and humanity again!