For years, members of the Westboro Baptist Church have made a living out of being hate-filled dicknoses who get their kicks from protesting military funerals and singing Ozzy Osbourne songs a capella. But even though it's not one of the ten commandments, they have always had free speech laws on their side: this year, the Supreme Court upheld their right to protest and picket military funerals with signs like "God Hates Fags" and "You're Going to Hell." But a group of Senators is now responding to that decision with a new bill which would protect military funerals from disruption by any outside groups.
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New Bill Could Bar Westboro Hate Freaks From Military Funerals
Westboro Hate Freaks To Make Miserable Visit To BK
Our favorite Kansans are coming back to Brooklyn this Monday! No, not Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh, whose indelible prog rock riffs carried "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Dust In The Wind" to the uppermost reaches of the charts—The Westboro Baptist Church, who are making their annual Jew-hating sojourn as part of their "Godsmack Tour." The only question: will Limp Bizkit be opening for them, or will they be opening for Limp Bizkit?
Westboro Hate Freaks Bring Sad Circus To Brooklyn Synagogues
Yesterday, the zany zealots of Kansas's Westboro Baptist Church were in Brooklyn, bringing their brand of hate to a few synagogues. And, like at Westboro's earlier protests, there were many more counter-protesters present (example: dog wearing a "Dog Loves Fags" sign vs. Westboro's "God Hates Fags" sign).
Brooklyn 1, Westboro Hate Freaks 0
The five people from the Westboro "Baptist" "Church" who picketed Brooklyn Tech yesterday were drowned out more by the hundreds of Tech students, counterprotesters, and Brooklynites chanting "We Love Jews" and shouting "Go Home" to the freaks from Topeka, who were outnumbered more than forty to one. The Times' Fort Greene blog noted that "many if not most" of the counterprotesters were students who had organized by "word of mouth and Facebook status." You do need something to do in Health class.
Hate-Freaks to Brooklyn: Bring It On
The kooky Kansas "church" famed for its God-hates-fags message will be harassing Brooklyn Tech after school today and three synagogues on Saturday. Their spokeswoman, Shirley Phelps-Roper, also issued a contemptuous put-down of Brooklyn— asked whether she feared violent confrontations at the picketing locations, she replied: “Don’t flatter yourself, Brooklyn. We serve the living God. You mess with us, you’ll get double destruction for what you do.”
Anti-Gay Kansas "Christians" To Picket Park Slope Synagogue
The Brooklyn Paper reports that members of the Westboro Baptist Church — famous for their "God Hates Fags" and "Thank God For 9/11" signs — will be in Park Slope this Saturday to harass the Sabbath services at Congregation Beth Elohim. This isn't their first time in NYC— they visited the West Village earlier this year. The synagogue is being targeted as part of a concerted effort to begin protesting Jewish organizations for such sins as tolerance of homosexuality and of course, killing Jesus.
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