Oh Jee-zus! Fred Phelps to invade Michigan to protest a HS production of The Laramie Project

[marmar]

from the Detroit Free Press:



Radical antigay group to protest Grosse Pointe play
By PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI • FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITER • November 4, 2008


A radical Kansas church group says it will protest Grosse Pointe South High School’s production of The Laramie Project.

The play is about the torture, beating and death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was killed in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998.

The Westboro Baptist Church, best known for protesting at the funerals of soldiers and calling them homosexuals, plans to protest the play.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the church, said they learned about the play from an e-mail.

“The Laramie Project has a function, it’s to teach rebellion,” Phelps-Roper said. Teaching rebellion violates the teachings of the Bible, she said.

The church plans to send a group of six to 10 protesters to the performances on Nov. 21-23, she said. Exactly how many comes depends on how busy their protest schedule is, she said. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20081104/NEWS02/81104055

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Be thankful - they're running out of things to hate..

And Topeka needs to start taxing the church - HEAVILY.

Hawkeye-X

[Inspired]

2. They did that in Iowa and it turned out to be a good thing.

It was great publicity for the high school performance, which was standing room only. Phelps looked like an idiot.

[BobRossi]

3. I'm thinking eggs.....

Dog shit, paint balloons......

[Ken Burch]

4. Remember, the only way the Westboro Baptist "Congregation" can increase its size

is through incest.

[Jamastiene]

8. ...

:spray:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

5. Rebellion?

As in not beat to death someone? !#@$&#@(%$&@(%$&!(%&$!($&%($%#$!@&$^!@&*$#*$@#*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pepperbear]

6. while in grosse point, they could stop in on CRAZY CANDY LADY..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkBE0lWeYU

[marmar]

9. Hell, they might be staying at her house.....

.... and she's dropping them off at the airport on her broomstick.

[KatyaR]

7. There were here a couple of weeks ago to do the same thing

at Oklahoma City University. Didn't amount to much, but there were a lot of really pissed off students at the school, from what I hear.

[sarcasmo]

10. I don't say this often but this man needs to go meet his maker.

If there is a hell I will see you their Fred, lyrics minus Fred thanks to Trent Reznor.

[Raster]

11. You know, I think it's time to invade fred phelps.

[Obamarama]

12. Yeah, he threatened the same thing here (Kalamazoo, MI) when local HS did a production last year.

The community got together and organized a counter protest to their presence. The bastards never showed up. I hope they repeat their yellow-bellied no-show in Grosse Pointe.