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My fellow Mainers –
You thought I was joking when I wrote about the ultra-conservative Christian group picketing at soldiers’ funerals because they believe their deaths are a direct result of God’s retribution against America for tolerating homosexuality.
Apparently with His busy schedule, ranging from directing footballs through the uprights at high school football games in Texas, to smiting our soldiers in Iraq out of anger that American boys are kissing, God hasn’t had much time to read the newspaper. If he did, He’d figure out that America isn’t exactly leading the charge around the world for gay rights, and he could lay off blowing our soldiers up with IED’s in Baghdad. God may want to take his smiting to say, Western Europe.
Either that or…the members of this Church who run the site GodHatesFags.com, are totally fucking bat-shit. Take your pick.
While most Americans dismiss these groups as fringe, crazy, or even slightly entertaining, I think it’s safe to assume that if were your brother, father or daughter getting buried, a large group of homophobic, child-molesting protestors picketing the funeral is probably the last thing you’d want to see during the service.
So for the towel-head-haters, the next time you’d like to assign the words “suicide bomber” to all 1 billion Muslims around the world, perhaps you can consider this group of Baptists as a perfect example of religious perversion and misrepresentation of a greater whole. Appearing on the next SAT test, you may see: “Terrorist is to Islam as the Westboro Baptist Church is to Christianity.”
And for those from around here attending the funeral of Sgt. Corey Dan from the Oxford Hills area including a housemate of mine, you’ll get your chance to see these people close up on Saturday. With that said, I’d have to think members of the Midwestern Church might want to bring their luckiest crucifixes with them to get out of Norway, Maine safe and sound, because as the saying goes, you won’t be in Kansas anymore.
They grow ‘em big in the ‘Hills. Good luck.
You thought I was joking when I wrote about the ultra-conservative Christian group picketing at soldiers’ funerals because they believe their deaths are a direct result of God’s retribution against America for tolerating homosexuality.
Apparently with His busy schedule, ranging from directing footballs through the uprights at high school football games in Texas, to smiting our soldiers in Iraq out of anger that American boys are kissing, God hasn’t had much time to read the newspaper. If he did, He’d figure out that America isn’t exactly leading the charge around the world for gay rights, and he could lay off blowing our soldiers up with IED’s in Baghdad. God may want to take his smiting to say, Western Europe.Either that or…the members of this Church who run the site GodHatesFags.com, are totally fucking bat-shit. Take your pick.
While most Americans dismiss these groups as fringe, crazy, or even slightly entertaining, I think it’s safe to assume that if were your brother, father or daughter getting buried, a large group of homophobic, child-molesting protestors picketing the funeral is probably the last thing you’d want to see during the service.
So for the towel-head-haters, the next time you’d like to assign the words “suicide bomber” to all 1 billion Muslims around the world, perhaps you can consider this group of Baptists as a perfect example of religious perversion and misrepresentation of a greater whole. Appearing on the next SAT test, you may see: “Terrorist is to Islam as the Westboro Baptist Church is to Christianity.”
And for those from around here attending the funeral of Sgt. Corey Dan from the Oxford Hills area including a housemate of mine, you’ll get your chance to see these people close up on Saturday. With that said, I’d have to think members of the Midwestern Church might want to bring their luckiest crucifixes with them to get out of Norway, Maine safe and sound, because as the saying goes, you won’t be in Kansas anymore.
They grow ‘em big in the ‘Hills. Good luck.
posted by Jeremy at 9:55 PM
3 Comments:
Great post. This Phelps guy is beyond the pale, and he must be making money out of this. How he whips up enough enthusiasm to get enough kids involved to run from one side of the country to another wrecking funerals is beyond me. He must have a ton of dough, but all of his materials are hand made and cheap looking.
I hope your housemate kicked their asses. I am the most non-violent person you could imagine, but a good old-fashioned ass whupping is what these kiddos deserve to teach them not to run around town bringing heartache to those burying the young ones murdered by Shrub.
Karena, my dear, how have you been? I noticed you wrote about Babs’ donation to the Katrina relief effort the other day on your own site, because as Bill Maher said, those trapped on rooftops in the poorer sections of New Orleans could clearly be heard saying, “send more software!”
Jeremy, Maher was only half right. What he heard was Shep Smith saying if something doesn't happen soon this place may Ignite! Then, through reinterpretation, Babs got the idea they wanted Ignite! software. Really, she is thoughtful.
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