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mightymoe
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Arizona residents are locking arms to stop the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funerals for victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, with bikers and others organizing a massive counter-protest and state lawmakers fast-tracking a bill to hamstring the group.
The Kansas-based Westboro church is notorious for showing up at the funerals of dead soldiers and other high-profile gatherings wielding anti-gay signs. But when the church announced it would picket the funeral Thursday for the 9-year-old girl fatally shot over the weekend at a Tucson grocery store by a gunman who allegedly killed five others and injured 14 others attending a town-hall session by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson- and Phoenix-area residents started organizing immediately. They may not be able to stop them, but they plan on giving the grieving family as much of a buffer as possible between the protesters and the service. "It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath." Arizona state lawmakers are also scrambling -- to pass a bill that would order protesters to stay 300 feet away from the funeral. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the lead sponsor on the bill, said in an e-mail to colleagues that the plan is to suspend the rules Tuesday and fast-track the bill to protect the victims' families from the "hateful protest" from the Westboro Baptist Church. She said she has the support of the Senate president and Gov. Jan Brewer, and the bill will go into effect "immediately" once it's signed. "It's gonna happen," Sinema said. The senator said she was "real upset" after learning that the Westboro church planned on protesting but had a visceral reaction after reading their press release and sprung into action. "It is the most disgusting thing I ever read in my entire life," she told FoxNews.com. "I literally threw up after I read it. … I'm like, 'I'm gonna fix this.'" Littell said his riders are not looking for any violent confrontations. But he told FoxNews.com that Arizona bikers are going to do "whatever we have to do" to cordon off the family from the protests. A group called the Patriot Guard Riders often does this when the Westboro church pickets military funerals, but Littell said that group is not traveling to Tucson, so "we're stepping in." "Our sole purpose will be to allow that family some dignity and respect … without having to worry about the a--holes," he said. It's not clear whether the Westboro church intends to picket the funerals of all the victims of Saturday's attack. One press release from the group declared, "Thank God for the shooter," and said the group would picket the "funerals." Another release announced plans only for the protest on Thursday. "God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America," the group said in a statement. The Westboro church, led by Fred Phelps, believes that tragic events like the deaths of soldiers are punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. The Supreme Court last fall heard arguments in a case brought against Phelps by the father of a soldier killed in Iraq whose funeral was protested by the group in 2006. The father, Albert Snyder, had won a multimillion-dollar verdict against the church, claiming invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court is expected to issue a ruling soon on whether free speech can be curbed at specific locations and events. Sinema said the bill she was introducing is modeled on an Ohio law that has withstood court challenge. It would technically apply to protesters at any Arizona funeral, though Sinema was clear that it's directed at Westboro. She said she hopes the protesters and counter-protesters avoid any violence at the service. Meanwhile, several grassroots groups have popped up on Facebook calling on Tucson residents to intervene. "We will create a wall of humanity to allow the families who've lost their love ones to hold their funerals in peace, held with dignity, and surrounded in love," one of the Facebook groups says in a statement. Another calls for a "peaceful protest" of the church at the funeral Thursday for 9-year-old Christina Green. Littell has notified the Pima County Sheriff's Department and has reached out to several other biker groups notifying them of their planned presence at Green's funeral. He crossed his fingers that the Hells Angels would join them. "Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence," he said. Littell added that if the church moves on to picket other funerals, his riders will follow. "We're getting word there's gonna be a pretty large presence of bikers," he said. "Word's spreading. And spreading quickly." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/arizonans-rally-prevent-westboro-church-disruption-shooting-victims-funerals/#ixzz1AlaBuakb |
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral.
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral. and i fail to see what gays had to do with anything about this... these nutsacs should be in jail... |
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral. and i fail to see what gays had to do with anything about this... these nutsacs should be in jail... Nothing, the same as when these people picket funerals of soldiers. It is an extreme act to try and get their message through, unfortunately their message doesn't make much of anything for sense. Jail, yes, right next to Bubba. |
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Arizona residents are locking arms to stop the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funerals for victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, with bikers and others organizing a massive counter-protest and state lawmakers fast-tracking a bill to hamstring the group. The Kansas-based Westboro church is notorious for showing up at the funerals of dead soldiers and other high-profile gatherings wielding anti-gay signs. But when the church announced it would picket the funeral Thursday for the 9-year-old girl fatally shot over the weekend at a Tucson grocery store by a gunman who allegedly killed five others and injured 14 others attending a town-hall session by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson- and Phoenix-area residents started organizing immediately. They may not be able to stop them, but they plan on giving the grieving family as much of a buffer as possible between the protesters and the service. "It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath." Arizona state lawmakers are also scrambling -- to pass a bill that would order protesters to stay 300 feet away from the funeral. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the lead sponsor on the bill, said in an e-mail to colleagues that the plan is to suspend the rules Tuesday and fast-track the bill to protect the victims' families from the "hateful protest" from the Westboro Baptist Church. She said she has the support of the Senate president and Gov. Jan Brewer, and the bill will go into effect "immediately" once it's signed. "It's gonna happen," Sinema said. The senator said she was "real upset" after learning that the Westboro church planned on protesting but had a visceral reaction after reading their press release and sprung into action. "It is the most disgusting thing I ever read in my entire life," she told FoxNews.com. "I literally threw up after I read it. … I'm like, 'I'm gonna fix this.'" Littell said his riders are not looking for any violent confrontations. But he told FoxNews.com that Arizona bikers are going to do "whatever we have to do" to cordon off the family from the protests. A group called the Patriot Guard Riders often does this when the Westboro church pickets military funerals, but Littell said that group is not traveling to Tucson, so "we're stepping in." "Our sole purpose will be to allow that family some dignity and respect … without having to worry about the a--holes," he said. It's not clear whether the Westboro church intends to picket the funerals of all the victims of Saturday's attack. One press release from the group declared, "Thank God for the shooter," and said the group would picket the "funerals." Another release announced plans only for the protest on Thursday. "God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America," the group said in a statement. The Westboro church, led by Fred Phelps, believes that tragic events like the deaths of soldiers are punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. The Supreme Court last fall heard arguments in a case brought against Phelps by the father of a soldier killed in Iraq whose funeral was protested by the group in 2006. The father, Albert Snyder, had won a multimillion-dollar verdict against the church, claiming invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court is expected to issue a ruling soon on whether free speech can be curbed at specific locations and events. Sinema said the bill she was introducing is modeled on an Ohio law that has withstood court challenge. It would technically apply to protesters at any Arizona funeral, though Sinema was clear that it's directed at Westboro. She said she hopes the protesters and counter-protesters avoid any violence at the service. Meanwhile, several grassroots groups have popped up on Facebook calling on Tucson residents to intervene. "We will create a wall of humanity to allow the families who've lost their love ones to hold their funerals in peace, held with dignity, and surrounded in love," one of the Facebook groups says in a statement. Another calls for a "peaceful protest" of the church at the funeral Thursday for 9-year-old Christina Green. Littell has notified the Pima County Sheriff's Department and has reached out to several other biker groups notifying them of their planned presence at Green's funeral. He crossed his fingers that the Hells Angels would join them. "Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence," he said. Littell added that if the church moves on to picket other funerals, his riders will follow. "We're getting word there's gonna be a pretty large presence of bikers," he said. "Word's spreading. And spreading quickly." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/arizonans-rally-prevent-westboro-church-disruption-shooting-victims-funerals/#ixzz1AlaBuakb I hope there are no altercations, its mostly disturbing the mourners as the victims are gone,,,,but its still a very hard time as a mourner and I cant imagine dealing with that on top,,,, |
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral. and i fail to see what gays had to do with anything about this... these nutsacs should be in jail... Nothing, the same as when these people picket funerals of soldiers. It is an extreme act to try and get their message through, unfortunately their message doesn't make much of anything for sense. Jail, yes, right next to Bubba. i don't get this part either... It's not clear whether the Westboro church intends to picket the funerals of all the victims of Saturday's attack. One press release from the group declared, "Thank God for the shooter," and said the group would picket the "funerals." Another release announced plans only for the protest on Thursday.
thank god for the shooter???? are they for real? that statement alone should have them bunkmates with bubba... |
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Arizona residents are locking arms to stop the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funerals for victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, with bikers and others organizing a massive counter-protest and state lawmakers fast-tracking a bill to hamstring the group. The Kansas-based Westboro church is notorious for showing up at the funerals of dead soldiers and other high-profile gatherings wielding anti-gay signs. But when the church announced it would picket the funeral Thursday for the 9-year-old girl fatally shot over the weekend at a Tucson grocery store by a gunman who allegedly killed five others and injured 14 others attending a town-hall session by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson- and Phoenix-area residents started organizing immediately. They may not be able to stop them, but they plan on giving the grieving family as much of a buffer as possible between the protesters and the service. "It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath." Arizona state lawmakers are also scrambling -- to pass a bill that would order protesters to stay 300 feet away from the funeral. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the lead sponsor on the bill, said in an e-mail to colleagues that the plan is to suspend the rules Tuesday and fast-track the bill to protect the victims' families from the "hateful protest" from the Westboro Baptist Church. She said she has the support of the Senate president and Gov. Jan Brewer, and the bill will go into effect "immediately" once it's signed. "It's gonna happen," Sinema said. The senator said she was "real upset" after learning that the Westboro church planned on protesting but had a visceral reaction after reading their press release and sprung into action. "It is the most disgusting thing I ever read in my entire life," she told FoxNews.com. "I literally threw up after I read it. … I'm like, 'I'm gonna fix this.'" Littell said his riders are not looking for any violent confrontations. But he told FoxNews.com that Arizona bikers are going to do "whatever we have to do" to cordon off the family from the protests. A group called the Patriot Guard Riders often does this when the Westboro church pickets military funerals, but Littell said that group is not traveling to Tucson, so "we're stepping in." "Our sole purpose will be to allow that family some dignity and respect … without having to worry about the a--holes," he said. It's not clear whether the Westboro church intends to picket the funerals of all the victims of Saturday's attack. One press release from the group declared, "Thank God for the shooter," and said the group would picket the "funerals." Another release announced plans only for the protest on Thursday. "God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America," the group said in a statement. The Westboro church, led by Fred Phelps, believes that tragic events like the deaths of soldiers are punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. The Supreme Court last fall heard arguments in a case brought against Phelps by the father of a soldier killed in Iraq whose funeral was protested by the group in 2006. The father, Albert Snyder, had won a multimillion-dollar verdict against the church, claiming invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court is expected to issue a ruling soon on whether free speech can be curbed at specific locations and events. Sinema said the bill she was introducing is modeled on an Ohio law that has withstood court challenge. It would technically apply to protesters at any Arizona funeral, though Sinema was clear that it's directed at Westboro. She said she hopes the protesters and counter-protesters avoid any violence at the service. Meanwhile, several grassroots groups have popped up on Facebook calling on Tucson residents to intervene. "We will create a wall of humanity to allow the families who've lost their love ones to hold their funerals in peace, held with dignity, and surrounded in love," one of the Facebook groups says in a statement. Another calls for a "peaceful protest" of the church at the funeral Thursday for 9-year-old Christina Green. Littell has notified the Pima County Sheriff's Department and has reached out to several other biker groups notifying them of their planned presence at Green's funeral. He crossed his fingers that the Hells Angels would join them. "Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence," he said. Littell added that if the church moves on to picket other funerals, his riders will follow. "We're getting word there's gonna be a pretty large presence of bikers," he said. "Word's spreading. And spreading quickly." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/arizonans-rally-prevent-westboro-church-disruption-shooting-victims-funerals/#ixzz1AlaBuakb I hope there are no altercations, its mostly disturbing the mourners as the victims are gone,,,,but its still a very hard time as a mourner and I cant imagine dealing with that on top,,,, i agree, but at the same time, i would love to see the WBC shitheads get whats coming to them... |
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral. and i fail to see what gays had to do with anything about this... these nutsacs should be in jail... in this case, I think their issue is idolatry, not sodomy |
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Disgusting...I'd like to see a God accept you into heaven after you picket a 9-year-old girls funeral. and i fail to see what gays had to do with anything about this... these nutsacs should be in jail... in this case, I think their issue is idolatry, not sodomy no matter what they're reasoning is, it still won't make any sense to me... |
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Edited by
grneyedldy1967
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Tue 01/11/11 03:58 PM
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land...
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. |
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. And I did not say that it does. And I totally agree. Funerals should be respected and allow the families their time of grief. These people are not even human for doing what they do. |
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I think a 'peaceful' assembly could qualify a protest(if it is peaceful) |
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..just when you hope mankind would evolve into a more intelligent form..you're reminded of how far we have to go... 
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I think I heard on the news a few minutes ago that the law passed.
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I think I heard on the news a few minutes ago that the law passed. Glad to hear that it passed as it should have! Now let's hope these people who try to bring havoc upon these innocent people with their sick ideas of religion break the law and go to jail! |
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Edited by
AdventureBegins
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Tue 01/11/11 04:45 PM
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I think a 'peaceful' assembly could qualify a protest(if it is peaceful) What that orginization is doing could qualify as 'spiritual violence'. Disgusting that they would use the word 'god' to justify their actions... different version of using 'god' to justify killing people... Just less 'explosive' physically. |
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I think a 'peaceful' assembly could qualify a protest(if it is peaceful) What that orginization is doing could qualify as 'spiritual violence'. Disgusting that they would use the word 'god' to justify their actions... different version of using 'god' to justify killing people... Just less 'explosive' physically. especially when they "thank god for the shooter".... what a waste |
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I think I heard on the news a few minutes ago that the law passed. they said they would rush it through.... |
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These so called "Christians" are no more a Christian than I am a car by standing in my garage. They are evil people and need to stop using doing God's will as their drive for the evil that runs through their veins. I believe in freedom of speech but they have taken it way too far when they are picketing the funerals of men and women who have died for our country. And now to picket at a 9 year old girls funeral?! I pity their souls when they depart from this world because it won't be in God's hands their souls land... Unless I misread that part of the Bill of Rights... Freedom of speach gives us the right to speak and redress greiviances to the governemt and peacablly to assemble and address those greivances... It does not give a person the right to 'protest' at another persons funeral. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I think a 'peaceful' assembly could qualify a protest(if it is peaceful) What that orginization is doing could qualify as 'spiritual violence'. Disgusting that they would use the word 'god' to justify their actions... different version of using 'god' to justify killing people... Just less 'explosive' physically. especially when they "thank god for the shooter".... what a waste I read that they are trying to get the Hell's Angels there to help with the counter protest. |
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