Westboro Church Group.

[Ipecac Drano]

Ipecac, maybe we can swing the topic back around to the Westboro peeps?

I will try, Skunkle, but it's not up to me.

[Gravekeeper]

Froot Loops? Gotta count Lucky Charms

No no, see, Lucky's gotta be in the country illegally. Taking jerbs away from other hard working American cereal mascots. People should eat a real American cereal like Frosted Flakes. Tony the Tiger is clearly a red blooded American heterosexual ( that just happens to like wearing an ascot ).

Ipecac, maybe we can swing the topic back around to the Westboro peeps?

Do we have too? Even talking about them leaves a vile taste in my mouth. The only upside is I live in Canada and we won't even let them cross the border.

[Skunkle]

That's one for you, Gravekeeper! See? Canada rocks!

There is NO WAY Tony the Tiger is straight. No way. The Trix rabbit has gotta be fruity too *grin*I actually DO wonder what they eat... My guess is, whatever Fred tells 'em to.

[Gravekeeper]

There is NO WAY Tony the Tiger is straight. No way. The Trix rabbit has gotta be fruity too *grin*I actually DO wonder what they eat... My guess is, whatever Fred tells 'em to.

That special where the reporter spent a couple weeks with them was depressing as all hell. He almost got one of the older daughters to come around a little and talk to him, but her parents cut her off at the pass at the last minute.

I'm pretty sure the youngest are kept in the cellar to keep them pure.

[Skunkle]

Oh yeah. To (probably mis)quote Kara from CS:

They must have a pretty fucked-up family tree. The kind that doesn't branch.

Seriously, are members only allowed to marry others who're already in the compound? I suppose ONLY those who are currently members are God's chosen, but that begs the question: in the Extreme-Calvinist belief system as I understand it (not the regular Calvinists who simply believe that salvation is optional but is only offered to the chosen few, rather than to everyone) the chosen saved can't fall - they're almost sinless. If so, what about Phelps' son, who WAS a member but managed to get out and is now elsewhere being gay and (hopefully) happy? Basically, if you're "chosen and forever saved", what happens if you stomp out and come out as gay? I highly doubt Fred hopes his son will come back... I could be wrong.

[blas87]

If they are only allowed to marry within the complex, that's almost like David Koresh and his weirdo family he had going on in Waco Texas, and we all know how that eventually ended.

[AdminAssistant]

I highly doubt Fred hopes his son will come back... I could be wrong.

Nope. Once you leave the Phelps clan, you're dead to them. I saw a thing with another WBC family whose daughter had left, and they were all, "No we don't wanna see her, she's going to hell!! Let her rot there!"

Wonderful people. I do wish they'd leave this state though. I'm tired of the traffic we have to deal with when they come visit, and as the state's only "liberal" town with a large college presence they come here a. LOT.

[Andara Bledin]

No, you didn't say that it had offended you, but you really felt that you had to say something about it.

The discussion had meandered to a point where it was mentioned that the other side was defensive to you. I gave you a likely reason for such.

The original quote and reply:

And, by the way, Dandy,before you judge me, my face-to-face discussions with Xtians never get to the point of my saying that.

There's a lot in the way you posture yourself that can easily be seen as offensive, regardless of your intent.

Take, for example, your insistence on spelling it as Xtian instead of Christian. What is your reason for doing so?
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By the way, nice deflection by turning the topic to me. Why did you not answer the question?

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[Ipecac Drano]

There's a lot in the way you posture yourself that can easily be seen as offensive, regardless of your intent.

I can see how it could be misperceived.

Take, for example, your insistence on spelling it as Xtian instead of Christian. What is your reason for doing so?

I don't insist; I do it out of convenience.

By the way, nice deflection by turning the topic to me. Why did you not answer the question?

What was the question?

[Boozy]

We've had enough discussion about our feelings regarding each other's debating style.

If anyone is genuinely getting offended by someone's debating syle, put that person on your ignore list. If you're getting offended in general, just being here at Fratching, you need to ask yourself if this is the forum for you.

I don't want to see any more comments about someone's debating style in this thread. Get back on topic, please.

[rdp78]

Well, apparently the Supreme Court of the United States agrees that Westboro have the right to protest funerals. Only one justice (yes, I was quite surprised considering some are quite liberal) voted against them. The decision was today or, maybe yesterday and a lot a people are not happy especially the man who brought the suite against them after they protested his son's military funeral. Here is a link to the USA Today article about it Westboro article.

Anyway does any one see the irony that they are protesting military funerals because of us accepting homosexuality, yet the military doesn't allow gays and lesbians to serve openly yet. I know it's been recently since Congress has made it okay for homosexuals to serve openly but of course, that's when the Democrats were charged. I mean I wonder if the Westboro group knows about this since the debate over "Don't ask, don't tell" has been in the news these past few months.

[draco664]

Anyway does any one see the irony

Everyone except the Phelps clan, who maintain an irony-free zone around their heads at all times.

[rdp78]

Everyone except the Phelps clan, who maintain an irony-free zone around their heads at all times.

Well, they do live in their own little world in a way and well, they think its the same one everyone lives in.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Phelps and his whelps have about as much as to do with religion as they do rational thinking. Which is nothing.

[MadMike]

Well, I think I almost put my fist thru the monitor just now.

A few days ago, there was a fire not far from where I grew up. Seven of the family's eight children died in it.

Then I got on the computer and found out that this so-called church plans to protest at the funeral. OK, we already knew that they have no respect for our soldiers, who are risking their lives on a daily basis for their country, but a group of innocent children? Have they no shame?

According to the latest article, they've planned on protesting in that area before but never did. I'm not surprised. It's a rural area, where most people have guns, and I wouldn't be surprised (or saddened) if they got shot.