Update Friday, August 8

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...808?hub=Canada

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Westboro Baptist Church members are pulling the same funeral Sh\t in Winnipeg on Saturday as they have been pulling at servicemen's funerals stateside. I'm thinking if there are any Patriot Guard Riders in Minnesota or North Dakota that could coordinate with some of the Manitoba HDF members, it would be great. For those not in the know, Tim MacLean was a young man riding the Greyhound home to see his family last week when he was attacked, killed, and dismembered by a deranged person also on the bus.

I am too far away to ride in this, but I would be happy to coordinate it if we can confirm riders.

The news article and link are posted below.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories


'Hated' church group to protest Tim McLean funeral
Updated Thu. Aug. 7 2008 10:57 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

A church group described in a British documentary as "the most hated family in America" says it will head to Canada this weekend to protest Tim McLean's funeral.

The daughter of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Ka., told CTV.ca she and several other church members will go to Winnipeg on Saturday to demonstrate against what she described as McLean's "filthy way of life." Shirley Phelps-Roper said his life was emblematic of Canada's moral decay.

"God handed us a gift," Phelps-Roper said in a phone interview on Thursday.

She said McLean deserved his death by beheading on a Greyhound Bus last week.

"(His death was) supremely unemotional. You got God shaking in rage. There is no emotional component ... He was a rebel against God. He was taught to be a rebel by his parents. He came from a rebel country ... They brought this wrath upon his head. And it sucks to be him and it sucks to be them," Phelps-Roper said.

She said his brutal murder was a sign from God.

"You gotta connect the dots, people ... from your idols to your filthy way of life," she said.

"Here's what I know. He is dead and God does not do that to people that serve in his truth."

Phelps-Roper described McLean -- who she had never met -- in an insulting, insensitive and graphic manner. Her crudest descriptions of the 22-year-old are not printed.

"I haven't met him personally, but he has nothing going on," she said dismissively.

"(His life) was all about him. Blah, blah, blah ... He was a rebel ... I don't need to know anything else ... I don't need to know the minutia. Everything you need to know is right there."

The Westboro Baptist church has gained notoriety in recent years for setting up protest pickets at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Church members claim the deaths are part of God's wrath against Americans for turning their back on his teachings. They have repeatedly called the U.S. a "***" nation, a phrase Phelps-Roper used repeatedly to describe Canada.

Phelps-Roper said she does not mind that her family is reviled by the majority of Americans. She claimed she rejoices when people say they despise and hate her family.

"I say, 'cha ching.' That goes in our bank. God gives us tokens of his love," she said.

Phelps-Roper said members of the Westboro Baptist Church, which numbers about "70 souls," is comprised mainly of a single extended family.

McLean was killed on July 30 after being stabbed repeatedly on a Greyhound bus by a complete stranger. He was then beheaded.

Vinci Li, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder. A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for Li.

 

Give em hell.

 

I'm guessing that they found that they weren't hated enough here in the U.S. that they have to spread out and feel the need to be despised in other places also. Hope that the PGR can step up and help turn those folks away.

 

F*** all Religion! All I have to say!

 

Keep us posted here, please, on how things turn out in Winnipeg. Those Westboro pukes make me sick. In my thoughts and prayers....

 

how the hell does he fit in their "target" audience? Really? He wasn't a soldier, or gay, from what I know...

 

according to them, he lived a "sinful" (gag/choke) lifestyle....

 

Those Westboro folks are getting bolder and worse.....someone's gonna take 'em out. They're gonna **** off the wrong folks soon.

 

This group has no association with the Baptist church. They just call themselves "Baptist". They have no association with the Christian religion either. Christians love their neighbors, those people hate. They are the ones with the sinfull filthy way of life. They are not Christians at all. They will be judged accordingly. People like this who use God to justify their hate is why religion has taken so many knocks.

 

"Baptists" is misleading. This group is a bunch of idiot fanatics and they're not recognized by any legitimate "Baptist" body or convention.

What they need is an a** kicking starting with their ring leader.