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10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever
Melody Yan One of Westboro's followers estimated that the church spends $250,000 a year on picketing. That's a lot of glitter. Here are the 7 craziest things the WBC has ever protested, why and what made the protests so unnecessary/insane.
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ALL Of Their Nitpicky Anti-Gay Protests
Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas is infamously known for picketing any event supportive of the gay community, including gay pride weeks, parades, etc. The group goes to an extreme in carrying out daily picketing in Topeka (six per day with fifteen on Sunday) and travels nationally to picket the funerals of gay victims of murder, gay-bashing, or people who have died from AIDS. They blame every tragedy in the world on homosexuals, and honestly believe that homosexuality should be considered a capital crime.
They protest gay funerals (as well as others), which is HIGHLY inappropriate, cruel and offensive, and even protest gay companies... but they take picketing to a whole new "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" level with some of these next protests.
A 'WEIRD" EXAMPLE OR TWO:
WBC has even held protests at events that they imagine to relate to gay people, such as Kansas City Chiefs football games, Broadway musicals, as well as live theater and pop concerts claiming that these are "havens for homosexuality."
WBC even picketed a local appliance store because it sold Swedish vacuum cleaners—yes vacuum cleaners, which the church viewed as supportive of gays because of the Swedish prosecution of Åke Green, a pastor who was critical of homosexuality. According to WBC’s website, www.godhatessweden.com, Sweden as a country has a "filthy manner of life" due to the legalization of homosexuality in 1944 and the yearly "f*g pride parade." So if it's Swedish, God hates it.
The video we have is a light-hearted one, because let's face it, we're only on item one and it's already the blackest of deathholes. So, if you want to see the tables turned on a Westboro Baptist Church man with "firm buttocks," start watching from 2:05 and give yourself a laugh. It'll brace yourself for the infuriating video that's coming up next. - 2
Military Funerals, Funerals In General
FUN FACT: Recently, The Klu Klux Klan posted the following News Release regarding the Westboro Baptist Church. This disclaimer now lives on their website.
Disclaimer :
NOTE: The Ku Klux Klan, LLC. has not or EVER will have ANY connection with The "Westboro Baptist Church". We absolutely repudiate their activities.
The Ku Klux Klan, LLC.
How INSANE does your organization have to be to have the KU KLUX KLAN say "Ummm... yeah... we're not with them".
Anyway, moving on!
Westboro came into the national spotlight in 1998, when they were featured on CNN for picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a young man from Wyoming who was beaten to death by two men because of his homosexuality. In fact, Westboro has a long record of protesting at the funerals of gay people since their inception.
In April 2008, Westboro picketed the funerals of three students who were killed in a house fire at the University of Wisconsin–Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and in February 2009, the group protested at the funeral of a plane crash victim. Students from the nearby University at Buffalo and the Buffalo area held a peaceful counter protest, holding up white sheets to shield the victim's family from the "Phelpses" (a derogatory term for the WBC members, calling them the name of their founder, Fred Phelps). In 2006, they protested a memorial for victims of the Sago mine disaster claiming it was God’s punishment on the US for tolerating homosexuality.
In 2009 Westboro picketed the funeral of recording artist Michael Jackson after his death in June claiming a posthumous memorial of his career is really "worshiping the dead." Members of the Westboro Baptist Church recorded a song titled "God Hates the World", an adaptation of Jackson's "We Are the World."In May of 2010, Black Sabbath frontman Ronnie James Dio was targeted for protest by the group who cited Dio's sins saying he "enabled, and encouraged Sorceries: everything he was about including the little finger horn thing".
As if protesting the funerals of tragic deaths of gay individuals was not extreme enough, the Phelpses moved on to protesting funerals of soldiers killed in the Iraq war. They send out fliers asking their supporters to demonstrate at the funerals to make statements about their attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States.
In July 2005 the WBC declared its intention to picket the memorial service of Carrie French, 19, who was killed in Iraq, where she served as an ammunition specialist. Phelps Sr. was quoted as saying, "Our attitude toward what's happening with the war is [that] the Lord is punishing this evil nation for abandoning all moral imperatives that are worth a dime."
In August 2005, the group protested at the funeral of soldier Edward Myers, who died in Iraq, and Shirley Phelps-Roper told a television reporter that Myers was "burning in hell." In 2006, WBC picketed the funeral of marine Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq, with banners saying "God hates f*gs" and "Thanks God for dead soldiers".
On their website’s FAQ section, they wrote:
"These turkeys are not heroes. They are lazy, incompetent idiots looking for jobs because they’re not qualified for honest work.
They were raised on a steady diet of f*g propaganda in the home, on TV, in church, in school, in mass media – everywhere – the two-pronged lie:
1) It’s OK to be gay; and,
2) Anyone saying otherwise, like WBC, is a hatemonger who must be vilified, demonized, marginalized into silence.
Therefore, with full knowledge of what they were doing, they voluntarily joined a f*g-infested army to fight for a f*g-run country now utterly and finally forsaken by God who Himself is fighting against that country." - 3
Westboro's Online Protest of Lady Gaga
Recently, the fine people of the WBC went on to protest outside of a Lady Gaga concert in St. Louis with their infamous "God Hates" and "God Hates Lady Gaga" signs due to her support of gay rights. According to the WBC, she is a "gender-confused, self-loathing, tone-deaf hand basket" (what does that even mean??). The WBC also sent out a news release that wrote:
"'Art' and 'fashion' are the euphemisms, the guise under which proud whore Lady Gaga teaches rebellion against God (incidentally, her claim to the title of 'lady' is sound only if she tacks on 'of the night,' thereby alluding to another euphemism of what she is.) As much as she’d like to pretend otherwise, there’s nothing new or different about this particular hussy’s pretentious prancing. Does the simple s**t truly think that she can change God’s standards by seducing a generation of rebels into joining her in fist-raised, stiff-necked, hard-hearted rebellion against Him? Get real!"
Even as she gives lip-service to 'liberating' her young fans, Lady Gaga brings them into slavery to their own corruption, teaching them to glory in their shame. She hates you! 'For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness…While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption!' 2 Pet. 2:18-19
YOU’RE GOING TO hell.
Sure, this seems like just another gay protest, but this time they did it online... and they also made a video (embedded to the left) where they are trying to be funny. That's right, The Westboro Baptist Church took a crack at comedy and failed. Miserably. Which is hilarious. Check out the video to the left.
In response, Gaga tweeted to her fans:
"At the risk of drawing attention to a hateful organization, I would like to make my little monster fan aware of a protest being held outside the Monsterball in St.Louis tonight. Although we have had protesters before, as well as fundamentalists at the show this group of protesters are hate criminals and preach using lude and violent language and imagery that I wish I could protect you all from. Their message is of hatred and divisiveness, but inside at the Monsterball we preach love and unity. My request to all little monsters and public authority is to pay these hate criminals no mind. Do not interact with them, or try to fight. Do not respond to any of their provocation. Don't waste your words, or feelings, no matter what you hear or see. You are more fortunate and blessed than they are, and in your heart just pray for them. Although I respect and do not judge anyone for their personal views on any politics or religion, this group in particular to me, is violent and dangerous. I wanted to make my fans aware of my views on how to approach, or rather not approach, these kinds of hate activists. Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate, as they are."
Gaga, taking the high road, asked her fans to not be bothered by the protests, and instead, just enjoy the night with her.
Good for her. We're...not as nice. Instead, we're going to take th low road--the lowest road there is, and post Westboro's "Pokerface" video for you to judge and laugh at. This video is an off-key karoake disaster with dance moves so bad, it will send you straight to hell. - 4
Westboro Baptist Church Pickets Twitter
Another target of these sane, reasonable people was the brand new headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco. The cult says that they weren’t protesting "against" Twitter, but encouraging Twitter to "serve God."
Megan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of Pastor Phelps, tweeted:
"Don't be silly! We're not protesting Twitter as a platform; that's like picketing television! =) We're picketing the people who run @Twitter, who don't use their position & voice to warn a generation of rebels of the consequences of their rebellion."
The Bay Area responded with their own rallies at Lowell High School, Gunn High School, and Stanford University. (This video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvR7G-blvA&feature=player_embedded)
This one seemed like an effort akin to when you check the refrigerator every 5 minutes just be cause you're bored. - 5
Obama's Daughter's Schools
After protesting outside of military funerals and Jewish temples, the WBC’s new targets in March 2010 are the Washington-area schools, including Sidwell Friends, where Malia and Sasha Obama are students.
A message on Westboro's website refers to the Obama children as "satanic spawn" of a "murderous bitched:"
"Quakers?! Are you frigging kidding me? You pretend to be all non-violent, and you allow the most bloody, deceitful, evil, murderous bitched and his s*****e sidekick to place their satanic spawn within your four walls?"
Along with various schools, the church is also protesting outside the White House, the World War II memorial, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission field office.
Protesters were carrying signs with anti-gay, anti-abortion and anti-Obama slogans (with cute little frogs on them!)
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10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 9/24/2012 10:30 PM
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Protest of Comic-Con at 6/13/2011 2:18 PM
WBC vs. Judaism at 6/13/2011 2:14 PM
Obama's Daughter's Schools at 6/13/2011 2:04 PM
Obama's Daughter's Schools at 6/10/2011 2:55 AM
Westboro's Online Protest of Lady Gaga at 6/10/2011 2:49 AM
Military Funerals, Funerals In General at 6/10/2011 2:44 AM
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10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 10/04/2010 12:56 PM
If it were not for the SOLDIERS you would not have this freedom of being an idiot. Its people like you and our president that are dooming our nation. WHY DONT you use this protest again those that are taking GOD OUT OF EVERYTHING> WHY or what gives you the total insight that you have that GOD HATES YOU>> and all the other blarny you speak.
I pray for people like you that choose to use religion as a means of getting thiings their way. You and the followers of this SOOO CALLED CHURCH are no different than a terrorist. ITs people like you that help to run this nation in the ground with all your religious falsehoods.
I have many kids that friends that have fought in this war now and before in years past and how dare you celebrate their deaths. How dare you call yourself a CHRISTIAN... but go ahead with your protesting. AS AMERICAN CHRISTIANS we have a FAITH that is STRONGER THAN ANYTHING THE DEVIL CAN THROW AT US> an UNDYING LOVE FOR OUR HEAVENLY FATHER> unlike you that choose to throw stones.
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 9/07/2011 6:32 PM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 5/30/2011 3:28 AM
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10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 8/23/2010 10:04 AM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 6/10/2011 2:58 AM
Protest of Comic-Con at 8/13/2010 7:09 PM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 7/27/2010 7:29 PM
Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 19:19, Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8
All contain the phrase "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (or something almost identical).
Maybe if the members of WBC would actually read their Bible instead of being brainwashed by their leader they would realize that they are actually going against word of god.
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 5/30/2011 3:29 AM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 7/23/2010 12:21 PM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 7/23/2010 1:45 AM
What the WBC lacks is the compassionate and forgiving side of the bible. They are only hellbent on trying to convict people of perceived crimes of their interpretation of Gods will here on earth. Not that I care, because I don't believe in Gods judgment.
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 3/09/2012 1:01 PM
You make the monumental error of equating all those with a religious faith as having a connection with the Old Testament, which you quoted. The first five books of the OT comprise the Jew's Torah. Christians observe the New Testament which encompasses the era after Jesus Christ came into the picture. Jews worship a much different god, evidencing the fact that the term "Judeo-Christian" is a complete misnomer. If someone wants to read pure evil and hatred, look no further than the Jew's holiest of holy books, the Babylonian Talmud.
Research a deity named "Moloch" whom the Jews sacrificed live babies to and you'll get a better understanding of the vast differences between Judaism and Christianity.
"Christians and Jews do not worship the same God. The Christian God represented by Jesus is universal love and brotherhood. The Jewish God has been supplanted by a Cabalistic mindthink that 'serves' elite Jews. It represents their ruthless sociopathic urge for world dominion. The same desire to supplant God -- animates the New World Order." - Henry Makow Ph.D. (Canadian Jewish historian, author and scholar)
The Bible calls Satan, "the God of this World" (the 'social' world and not the 'planet'), clearly indicating there are two antagonistic and opposing Gods.
In contrast to Christians who await the second coming of their God, Jews await to receive the first. Their God has several different names including Jehovah, Beelzebub, Ba'al, Adonai, HaShem, AdoShem, G_D and YHWH.
Obviously, Jesus Christ isn't one of them because the Jews had him murdered long ago. (which also dispels another myth that Jesus was their king and the God they cherished).
"The Jew is the living God, God incarnate: he is the heavenly man. The other men are earthly, of inferior race. They exist only to serve the Jew. They are the cattle seed." - "The Jews God" by Eddie Kadach.
"Most Jews do not like to admit it, but our god is Lucifer and we are his chosen people. Lucifer is very much alive." - Harold Rosenthal, "The Hidden Tyranny" .
"LUCIFER, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darknesss! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!" - Albert Pike -- Attorney, Military officer, writer, and Freemason who correctly predicted three world wars.
Though it's true Jesus kept company with common folk, as I noted previously, He never condoned deviant or wicked behaviour, either from those who despised Him or His followers. You talk of "perceived crimes" as if homosexuals have never committed a serious offense. Never heard of Sodom and Gomorrah? Whole cities wiped out by the same deviant behaviour you advocate and support. Don't think history repeats itself? Think again.
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 5/30/2011 3:31 AM
it's -> its
Military Funerals, Funerals In General at 7/22/2010 1:43 AM
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Protest of Comic-Con at 7/21/2010 1:17 PM
wtf?
Westboro's Online Protest of Lady Gaga at 7/21/2010 12:18 PM
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/07/lady_gaga_westboro_baptist_church_protest_st_louis_july_17_2010_scottrade_center_monster_ball_photos.php
Protest of Comic-Con at 7/21/2010 11:55 AM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 7/21/2010 11:41 AM
WBC vs. Judaism at 7/21/2010 11:22 AM
10 Craziest Westboro Baptist Church Protests Ever at 3/09/2012 8:58 AM
During His lifetime, no persons were described as "Jews" anywhere. That fact is supported by theology, history and science. When Jesus was in Judea, it was not the "homeland" of the ancestors of those who today style themselves "Jews". Their ancestors never set a foot in Judea. They existed at that time in Asia, their "homeland", and were known as Khazars. In none of the manuscripts of the original Old or New Testament was Jesus described or referred to as a "Jew". The term originated in the late 18th century as an abbreviation of the term "Judean" and refers to a resident of Judea without regard to race or religion, just as the term "Texan" signifies a person living in Texas.
In spite of the powerful propaganda effort of the so-called "Jews", they have been unable to prove in recorded history that there is one record, prior to that period, of a race religion or nationality, referred to as "Jew". The religious sect in Judea, in the time of Jesus, to which self-styled "Jews" today refer to as "Jews", were known as "Pharisees". "Judaism" today and "Pharisaism" in the time of Jesus are the same. Jesus abhorred and denounced "Pharisaism"; hence the words, "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites, Ye Serpents, Ye Generation of Vipers". - Benjamin H. Freedman, Jewish Historian, Researcher, Scholar. (From "Common Sense", p. 2-1-53 and 5-1-59).
"Today's Palestinians are the descendants of the original Canaanites who resided in the Holy Land, long before the Jews. The forefathers of most Jews converted to Judaism in different parts of the world, the largest group being the Khazars where a whole country converted around the year 800 on order of their king. Palestinians are far more likely to be of Semitic origin than the majority of today's modern Jewry who unjustly claim Palestine as their homeland." - Jewish Professor Shlomo Sand.
"Israelites were a conglomeration of people. [and not Jews as many misbelieve] Jews come together because of a historical ancestral bloodline connection. They are Ashkenazi Jews." - Jon Entine, Practical Bioethics Corp. (traces the DNA of modern Jewry).
The modern Jew belongs to a religion that "traces its descent, without a break, through all the centuries, from the Pharisees." (Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, 1948, Vol. 8, pg. 474).
"These Ashkenazim Jews have little or no trace of Semitic blood."- p. 222, "What Price Israel." - Jewish author Alfred Lilienthal.
The most heinous hate crime of all was the deocide committed by the Priestcraft (aka Pharisees) who were responsible for the crucifiction of Jesus Christ -- an atrocious, senseless, unjust and evil act which modern Jewry has never atoned for. One day they will. Better to be with Christ than the Antichrist.