Well, There You Go
Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Uncategorized |
A Baptist church in Kansas has announced plans to picket memorial services for Heath Ledger because of his portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
âYou cannot live in defiance of God,â [church member Shirley Phelps-Roper] said. âHe got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and itâs OK to be gay.â
How Christian….
I suppose it’s encouraging that most of the posts on FreeRepublic, the arch-conservative website that posted this story, are as appalled as any decent person would be.
8 Responses
1/24/2008 10:53 am
Rich,
You’re going to have to do better than the Westboro Baptist Church. They’re more like a cult than a church. Do a little digging on them (Google, Wikipedia) and you’ll be amazed. They hardly represent the Christian Right or anyone else for that matter.
1/24/2008 10:58 am
A marginal group, yes. They certainly don’t represent the views of mainstream believers, which is a good thing.
1/24/2008 11:57 am
Marginal? That’s being a little kind. Lunatic fringe is closer to the mark. These are the people with a website called godhatesfags.com
And take a look at this music video they put out “God hates the world”. It’s hard to believe that it’s not a parody.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=720_1179383603
1/24/2008 12:27 pm
Yeah, you said “Baptist church in Kansas” and I said, “Westboro.” These guys are maniacs. They picket the funerals of Army KIAs on the premise that God is punishing the USA as a whole for allowing homosexuality. Their signs say (I’m not making this up) “God Hates Fags.”
Disgusting people. Ignoring is more than they deserve.
“Marginal” is far too kind.
SE
1/24/2008 1:23 pm
Even “cult” is too generous. More like deranged extended family.
1/24/2008 1:42 pm
These extremists should learn from mother nature, most creatures are a lot more accepting:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/31/17187581.php
1/24/2008 1:52 pm
These people are pond scum. One wonders why they keep getting “there’s no such thing as bad” publicity…
1/25/2008 1:50 pm
So, are all you liberals willing to stand up for what you believe in and get your guns out and go hunt you some pond scum???!!! Yeahhhhhh Baby!