Disgraceful!

So many people take our liberties and freedoms for granted. Here's an example...WBC(Westboro Baptist Church). They feel they have the God given right to picket and protest at military funerals, to yell profanities and untruths at the families of the fallen soldiers. They feel that the soldiers that die over in Iraq, Afghanistan or other war torn areas is because they are being punished by God for homosexuality. Seriously, where are these people getting this information from?

Recently the courts said they had the right to protest under the first amendment. freedom of speech is one thing, but to completely disrespect the family of a fallen soldier and to dishonor the fallen soldier should not be tolerated. We as a whole need to stand up against these people, shield the families of the fallen soldiers from them. What they are doing borderlines on hate crimes. Have they actually defiled any graves or harmed anyone yet? Not that I know of. But, that doesn't mean that they won't resort to that at some point in the future to get their point/vision across.

I can understand protesting against something you feel strongly about, but to do so at a funeral? Really? The WBC is nothing more then a bunch of religious zealots with loose screws. I'm telling you, there's something fundamentally wrong with these people. Why not protest things that are actually hurting our economy? Like the increase in federal taxes? Or the decrease in military BAH? Or the reduction of the annual raise the military gets? What about gas prices? Or how about tax on food/groceries? Why not any of those? Come on, people, wake up, there are more serious issues in this world then protesting a military funeral. Stop dishonoring our fallen heroes!

Throughout history we have seen all sorts of religious zealots. These people are no different. Why should we tolerate them? Why does the court agree to let them continue on? Due to the court's ruling the WBC plans on quadrupling their protests. See, the courts empowered them, added fuel to their fire. Yet, there is little we can do about it.

Getting the media to stop covering their protests won't work, the media sees them as a cash cow. Which they are. They protest a funeral of a fallen soldier, the media covers it, the people watch the news more, the media makes more money, it fuels the WBC, they work harder to dishonor our fallen soldiers. Can you see the pattern emerging here? I sure as hell do.

Tell me, what would you do if it were your husband or your wife that died in combat and these people showed up....how would you feel? What would you do? How would you see their actions? Would you smile and say "Well, they have the right to speak their minds" or would you get in their faces and tell them to fuck off? Me personally? There wouldn't be enough police presence to keep me from seriously hurting them. They're dishonoring out heroes. Where's the justice in that?

Our men and women go to war to fight for our freedom to speak our minds, to assemble, to have the liberties and constitutional rights that we have...yet these idiots at the WBC are turning their sacrifice into something it's not. They're dishonoring their memories, they're treating them like they deserved to die.

I wonder, if one of the people in the WBC, if they had a child that joined the military and died in combat...would they allow the protests to happen at their sons/daughters funeral? I bet you they wouldn't. Talk about hypocritical.

Ever thought of emailing them? Sending them letters? I have. But what it accomplish? Most likely they'd throw the letters away or delete the emails. Do they not see what they're doing? Or are they so blinded by their faith, by what they think is true? What would they do if they found out that Jesus was bi-sexual? Go ahead, scream at me if you want, but if you look closely you'll see it. Hell, even the history channel hinted at the bi-sexual relationships between Jesus and his disciples. Maybe they should take a closer look at themselves, at their beliefs.

A funeral is a religious act/rite, a way for the family to let go of their loved ones. When they protest at a military funeral are they not getting in the way of said religious rite? Does that not make them blasphemers? Think about it. If God were to come down here today what do you think he/she would do about the WBC? I personally would like to think that he/she would come down here and slap the shit out of them and tell them to cut the shit. Then again, if God came down here I'm sure he/she would smack the shit out of a lot of people for being so damned stupid. Maybe it's just wishful thinking to hope that one day these people would have to bury a soldier from their own family and to see what they've been doing to others. But I doubt that will ever happen.

...and let the flame war begin...

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