Family of Westboro Baptist Church Founder Says it Doesn’t Want Protestors at Founder’s Funeral
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Emerson Rensink
The Westboro Baptist Church, made famous for protesting funerals with catchy slogans like “God Hates Fags,” has just lost their founding patriarch.
Phelps’ son had this to say on his Facebook account regarding his father’s imminent passing and legacy:
“I’m not sure how I feel about this. Terribly ironic that his devotion to his god ends this way. Destroyed by the monster he made,” Nathan Phelps wrote. “I feel sad for all the hurt he’s caused so many. I feel sad for those who will lose the grandfather and father they loved. And I’m bitterly angry that my family is blocking the family members who left from seeing him, and saying their good-byes.” Image credit: david_shankbone
Nathan Phelps left the church 37 years ago.
Although his son shows contempt for his father’s views and actions directed toward the LGBT community, he also doesn’t want the funeral to be marred by protests.
He told reporters that although he won’t be surprised if there are protesters at the funeral, he said, “I wish they wouldn’t.”
Likewise, the leading LGBT organization in Phelps’ home state of Kansas is urging activists to “understand the solemnity of the occasion, and honor the right of his family and friends to remember and mourn his loss in private without interruption or unseemly celebration. Our focus must remain on our mission: ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
The organization, Equality Kansas, added: “This is our moment as a community to rise above the sorrow, anger and strife he sowed, and to show the world we are caring and compassionate people who respect the privacy and dignity of all.”
However, the irony can’t be missed in asking the LGBT community and allies to respect the funeral of someone who had no respect for the funerals of countless members of the LGBT community. Westboro Baptist Church was also well-known for protesting the funerals of non-LGBT soldiers who died in combat after the passage of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” sporting signs that read “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.”
Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #2 ....the very stereotype that the pervs used as a foil and rallied against.
I hope nobody takes up his mantle and continues on his sacrilegious "ministry". It wasn't worth it.
What pervs? The families of all the fallen soldiers that had their funerals turned into a disaster thanks to this asshole? If I had the time, I would go to his funeral just so I could take a dump on his headstone during the event. This Leftist POS was the vilest of human filth.
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Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #2 ....the very stereotype that the pervs used as a foil and rallied against.
I hope nobody takes up his mantle and continues on his sacrilegious "ministry". It wasn't worth it.
What pervs? The families of all the fallen soldiers that had their funerals turned into a disaster thanks to this asshole? If I had the time, I would go to his funeral just so I could take a dump on his headstone during the event. This Leftist POS was the vilest of human filth.
What pervs? These pervs.
They want America to be forced to worship their private parts and bring down our society through moral decadence. They used the Phelps example of Christianity, to paint with broad strokes those who opposed their perversity. To oppose the intrusion of gay-ness into the American way of life doesn't mean one is a hater like Fred Phelps.
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They want America to be forced to worship their private parts and bring down our society through moral decadence. They used the Phelps example of Christianity, to paint with broad strokes those who opposed their perversity. To oppose the intrusion of gay-ness into the American way of life doesn't mean one is a hater like Fred Phelps.
You seem to be trying to find a silver lining inside an overflowing portajohn. No matter what common ideas he may have had with some of us, his overall behavior eliminates any consideration of it. I thought Hitler had great ideas on infrastructure i.e.; the Autobahn, but his overall behavior keeps me from considering him anything less than garbage. Same goes for Phelps.
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun.