They're coming this weekend

Postby **Pastor Gary** » May 13th, 2008, 10:43 pm

The crazy people from Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas (godhatesfags.com) are coming to Oahu this weekend. They will be protesting at Word of Life Church, Kawaiahao Church, New Hope Christian Fellowship, The Arizona Memorial, Schofield Barracks, and Marine Base Kaneohe. Oh, joy. :roll:

ichthus · Postby **ichthus** » May 13th, 2008, 11:45 pm

What are those nuts protesting in Hawaii in so many churches? Funerals of servicemen/women?

Postby **Pastor Gary** » May 13th, 2008, 11:52 pm

ichthus wrote:What are those nuts protesting in Hawaii in so many churches? Funerals of servicemen/women?

Read it for yourself if you have the stomach for it...

http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » May 14th, 2008, 12:16 am

What I want to know is where do they get the money to travel so much?

There has to be some type of backing somewhere.

Postby **Pastor Gary** » May 14th, 2008, 12:35 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:What I want to know is where do they get the money to travel so much?

There has to be some type of backing somewhere.

Great question. I am pricing out flights for the Assembly, and the round-trip (Honolulu - Nashville) is about $1,100 to $1,200 each. If they bring 4 or 5 "protestors" to Hawaii, stay in a hotel, eat in restaurants, etc. it has to run up a $10,000 tab, and somebody has to be writing checks.

"The family's law firm continues to operate. Of Phelps' children, all adults, at least 11 are lawyers, and several work for the family firm."

Source: http://www.nndb.com/people/908/000025833/

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » May 14th, 2008, 1:32 am

Pastor Gary wrote:
Gerald Creasy wrote:What I want to know is where do they get the money to travel so much?

There has to be some type of backing somewhere.

Great question. I am pricing out flights for the Assembly, and the round-trip (Honolulu - Nashville) is about $1,100 to $1,200 each. If they bring 4 or 5 "protestors" to Hawaii, stay in a hotel, eat in restaurants, etc. it has to run up a $10,000 tab, and somebody has to be writing checks.

"The family's law firm continues to operate. Of Phelps' children, all adults, at least 11 are lawyers, and several work for the family firm."

Source: http://www.nndb.com/people/908/000025833/

WHICH leads to another question: KNOWING what kind of religious crazies this family is, what kind of person would feel safe using their lawyer services?

And there is enough of them to not only keep them in business but make them prosper????

one love · Postby **one love** » May 14th, 2008, 1:54 am

there is another group that does this. I think there are alot of small type baptist churches that protest abortion with pictures of dead babies and go to churches and call them "fag lovers"

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » May 14th, 2008, 2:50 am

arghghg - the phelps ilk and their hatred defies reason. human, logic as well as God's - this is what they say about the Arizona "preaching"

We wish that 2,400,000 had died...

You, know - there comes a time and a line that when crossed, a thought process change takes place. I used to think of them as those poor, misguided, Christians; with sympathy. Now (well, actually about a year ago); I have been praying that God send them someone or lead them in a direction that they would get saved.

Full Quiver · Postby **Full Quiver** » May 14th, 2008, 5:11 am

Word of Life Church

ooops! I read this as word of faith and figured they were attending their to get a financial blessing and that would fund their trip.

Why not have some of the natives feed them to the volcanoes?

scooter · Postby **scooter** » May 14th, 2008, 5:25 am

Give these guys a heads up!

http://www.patriotguard.org/

Pianoman · Postby **Pianoman** » May 14th, 2008, 6:50 am

scooter wrote:Give these guys a heads up!

http://www.patriotguard.org/

Either these folks or a similar group have come to several funerals in the Southeast Missouri/Southern IL area & it is almost funny! The local news picked them up several times & now if the Westboro group knows they're going to be there - they've been known to go home or not show up at all. The bikers will try position themselves around the protesters (or between them & the funeral home) & if the protesters try to say anything - they will rev their bikes up just enough to muffle them out. Respect is the key word - they will not do it during the funeral service & only at the families request. In one of our locals - the family asked them to ride in the procession as well. It was a very moving segment on the news.

I'm curious on the legalities. Many states have passed laws that protesters have to be a specified distance from the funeral home. If the bikers are not protesting & are guests of the family - wandering if they can get closer without causing problems?

Mike Vande · Postby **Mike Vande** » May 14th, 2008, 1:49 pm

Well, at least some of them are out of this neighborhood for a while...

soulsearcher · Postby **soulsearcher** » May 14th, 2008, 2:14 pm

scooter wrote:Give these guys a heads up!

http://www.patriotguard.org/

I LOVE it!

Wonder why no one or group has taken on the challenge of protesting in front of THEIR church (Westboro Baptist Church)?

EagerBeaver · Postby **EagerBeaver** » May 14th, 2008, 2:55 pm

soulsearcher wrote:
scooter wrote:Give these guys a heads up!

http://www.patriotguard.org/

I LOVE it!

Wonder why no one or group has taken on the challenge of protesting in front of THEIR church (Westboro Baptist Church)?

They probably have the property and places within a few-block radius rigged with traps and explosives. :shock:

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » May 15th, 2008, 4:55 pm

Why couldn't they have went here instead?

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080515/D90MB7SO0.html

Jude 2