Westboro Baptist Church's latest classless stunt: Picketing a high school over student suicides

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Hundreds at Gunn, Stanford counter picketers from Fred Phelps' Kansas church

by Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
January 29, 2010

The small cadre of Kansas picketers who came to Gunn High School Friday morning were drowned out by a raucous and celebratory counter-protest of students, teachers, parents and their supporters.

United against outsiders who targeted the school because of its recent suicides, the Bay Area counter-protesters fought Westboro Church's brimstone with their own fire, by singing songs, waving American flags and holding banners proclaiming love and tolerance.

Joined by students from Menlo Park, Fremont and other nearby schools, Gunn responded to the Bible-thumpers with their own messages: "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself," "1 Corinthians: "There is nothing love cannot face," and "Gay? Fine With Me."

The traveling members of Westboro Baptist Church stood on Arastradero Road to flay the most unlikely victims: school children already traumatized by the five recent suicides of Gunn-associated students.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14295198

Wow...how very respectful of the families of the dead students, to exploit tragedy to promote a mindless, hyper-religious agenda! :sarcasm:

But kudos to all the parents who stood up against those hateful hicks. Instead of sucking it up to religion, public schools like Gunn should expand counseling and social assistance to troubled students...positivity IS possible without resorting to God or prayers.

[Cleita]

1. They also used to picket the Crawford Ranch when * was President.

I'm beginning to think that they are nothing more than attention whores.

[Common Sense Party]

3. That's all they are, exactly. It's not a real church...

...and they definitely aren't real Christians.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. I have it on good authority that they put sugar in their porridge. -nt

[ellie]

2. I am surprised

someone hasn't exercised his/her second amendment rights all over the Westboro bozos. Not that I am condoning violence, but there are a lot of crazy people in the world.

[Warpy]

4. I'm surprised they're not paying TAXES on that "church."

It's a TAX DODGE. The only members are the Phelps family.

The IRS needs to go in and force open their books and then we can follow the funding.

It takes a lot of money to keep those frauds going. Their main purpose is in ending free speech.