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| Westboro Geeks Now Targeting Oklahoma Children's Funerals |
| 2010-11-18 |
| Protesters from a Kansas church who have gained attention through picketing at the funerals of fallen military servicemen are now turning their attention to protesting at the funerals of children to retaliate for their tires being slashed at a McAlester serviceman's funeral last week. Members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas will be in Burneyville in southern Oklahoma today. That's where a funeral is being held for eight-year-old Jalen Wolfe, who died in an accident at the Love County Fairgrounds last week. On the WBC website, members say they are protesting because of the vandalism they suffered over the weekend while protesting at the funeral of McAlester serviceman Jason McCluskey. They say quote "the Lord curses them by killing Oklahoma's children and casting them into Hell." Furthermore, their website reads "Thank God For More Dead Children In Oklahoma!". In addition to today's funeral, the protestors are scheduled to return to Owasso Thursday to protest at the funeral of Melissa Hanslovan of Collinsville, who died Sunday after a one-car crash over the weekend. The protesters were in Owasso earlier this year for the funeral of Specialist Andrew Looney. They say soldiers are being killed because of God's revenge against America for its tolerance of homosexuality. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
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| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-18 20:49 |
| #10 screw slashing their tires it's about time too start slashing their throats. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-11-18 16:34 |
#9 They are not Kansans, and it is not a church it is a law firm and tax shelter. And, worst of all -- they're Democrats. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-11-18 16:03 |
| #8 I thought they were going to Dearbornistan today? What happened with that? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 15:21 |
| #7 They are not Kansans, and it is not a church it is a law firm and tax shelter. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-11-18 15:09 |
| #6 Wonder how many tires their budget can stand to replace? or busted windows ( things can fall off passing cars and do such things, I am told..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-11-18 14:08 |
| #5 Negative Knottie, the hero's sacrifice wasn't lost on anyone that matters - hence the strong backlash on the WBC. As for bad behavior - in a more just and better time these WBC scumbags would be beaten at each appearance until they stayed away. Period. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2010-11-18 12:27 |
| #4 WBC is a horrendous group and that said they are nothing more than attention whores. If people would stop giving them attention they would go away. Its like a child having a tantrum..if you give into the tantrum then the tantrums only get worse. What happened in McAlester OK last week was disgraceful. I hear people talking abotu how great it was that WBC was shouted down and their van tires slashed and these same people can not even name the soldier who's funeral it was. Sickening. That hero, the reason we should have been there, was lost in that display of bad behavior on both sides of that protest. |
| Posted by: Knottie 2010-11-18 11:13 |
| #3 Burneyville is where my wife hunts. These bastards are getting personal now. |
| Posted by: Glenmore from TN 2010-11-18 08:40 |
| #2 How many people make up this group of Westboro morons? 10, 25, 50? Just wondering. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-11-18 07:49 |
| #1 These are some sick freakin' people |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-11-18 07:29 |