Pamela Geller=Westboro Bible Church

[ibegurpard]

Yeah we have to allow her to do her thing but we certainly don't have to like it. I'd bet good money she would have been disappointed with any outcome different than yesterday's.

[UTUSN]

1. R#3 & K n/t

[BlueStater]

2. No, you don't have to like it.

But you have no right to attempt to murder anyone over it, either.

[ibegurpard]

5. Isn't that what I just said?

[theboss]

3. That's a perfect analogy, of course. And the gay guys who shoot the Phelps are the other side

It's two sides of the same coin.

[Yorktown]

4. Hooray! Death to whistleblowers. Long live religious hate speech.

I mean, it would be hate speech to mention that the Torah/Old Testament calls for the execution of witches, blasphemers and adulterers. As does the Quran.

I agree with the OP: anyone mocking religion is a hater, and cartoonists are criminals.

Down with the separation of Church and State. I want to burn witches. And cartoonists.

[joshcryer]

6. Easiest analogy there is.

[JI7]

7. i would say westboro is far worse but we haven't seen gays attacking and killing

people over such ugly things said to them. protesting and yelling "god hates fags" at a gay person's funeral is far worse than drawing muhammed because one is more personal and direct .

[beam me up scottie]

8. +1

[Behind the Aegis]

9. +1 (some of our responses)

(house across the street from the "Church&quot

[beam me up scottie]

11. No kidding.

If you guys can resist the urge to beat the living crap out of those bigots no one else has any excuse.

[Emelina]

10. However, Geller is not trying to represent her religion in her campaign.

Important difference.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. How is that an "important difference?"

[Emelina]

14. Plenty

Westboro appears to invoke Jesus and Christianity into their hate-filled rhetoric. Ms. Geller, at least as far as I know, does not promote her cause as affiliated with Judaism. Therefore she is secular in her socio-political activities.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. That doesn't explain why it is an "important difference"?

Is Westboro's bigotry somehow more acceptable because it is religious based? I really am not understanding your comments.

[JI7]

13. so if geller did it in the name of judaism it would be more acceptable ?

[Emelina]

15. Even less so.