Whilst reading through a friend's praise of the events surrounding Prop 8, I was reminded of a certain anti-homosexual group that really got my goat. That group is known as the Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for its zero tolerance policy towards gays (more from their point of view here. More from a rational, normal person's point of view here). They've been known to picket the funerals of American soldiers and students, supposedly in the name of God. Their reasoning for all this? That "God hates gays above all other kinds of 'sinners'", and because of America's now homosexual-friendly constitution, God now hates America. They first came into the spotlight in 1998, where they picketed the funeral of a man who was beaten to death for his sexual orientation. Since then they have picketed numerous others, during all of which they have been quoted for saying extremely hateful comments, such as "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" and "Thanks God for dead soldiers".
All I can say is - what was God thinking when he created THESE people?
P.S. Here's a pleasant little song, courtesy of Westboro Baptist Church, to end this post:
P.S. Westboro Baptist Church is based in Topeka, Kansas. To the people of Topeka: What are you doing? Stop these people before they embarrass themselves more!
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