Post by Dan DuncanPost by j***@earthlink.netI have created a petition for people who wish to voice their opposition
to Rev. Fred Phelps' message of hate and his bashing of our city.
What, him again? I thought I chased his ilk off last time and Fred
didn't even show himself.
-DanD
If you're after this ASSHOLE, it may be a loooong battle.
Don't quit.
http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp
Incorporated in 1967 as a not-for-profit organization, the virulently
homophobic Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) considers itself an "Old School
(or, Primitive)" Baptist Church. The Church is led by the septuagenarian
Reverend Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., and many WBC congregants are related
to Phelps by blood. His wife, several of his children and dozens of his
grandchildren frequent the church.
While WBC has picketed the gay community at hundreds of events
nationwide, most of the individuals protested by the Church are not
homosexual. In fact, WBC most often targets people it mistakenly claims
are gay or those it believes to be encouraging homosexuality.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/michael_haggerty/expose3.htm
Let the word go forth that the overwhelmingly vast majority of Topekans
and Kansans DO NOT support Westboro Baptist Cult and Fred Phelps' hate
campaigns against all who disagree with him. The District Attorney in
Shawnee County (Topeka) has filed several criminal cases against members
of the Westboro Cult ranging from disorderly conduct and battery to
felony charges of aggravated intimidations of victims and witnesses.
Prosecution of these cases are delayed pending the outcome of the second
of the lawsuits filed in federal court by Phelps Chartered. There will
probably be more. Fred and his lawyer offspring and in-laws continue to
abuse the judicial system much as Fred did before his state and federal
disbarments. The case is expected to be heard in federal court in early
fall, but few expect that this will be the end.