WBC to Protest the Funerals of Virginia Tech Students

Man it didnt have to happen like that. It was just mad to hear of 32 people dead. It made my heart drop to know that some of the people died instantly and some just had to suffer.

There WILL come a day when these wackados get everthing they've dished out...They are the ones whom are posessed. Pray for the mentally insane...

What I fear, It's just another summer day in Baghdad. The warm dessert wind blows across our faces as we stand another 8+ hours in the heart of the city, the US Embassy. The Marines of Anti-Terrorism Battalion based out of Camp Lejeune, NC are tired, hungry and hot but most importantly happy. I love my job and I love being a Marine. I love the idea of being a Marine and having the honor of putting on this uniform everyday and having the responsibility of leading junior Marines. I take off my cammies every night and thank God for my family, for my 3 year old nephew back home and for all my loved ones. I pray he will take care of them and that he will take care of my Marines, grant them all a long, happy and prosperous life. Yet every night I sleep with a fear, I do not fear dying here or being mangled and dismembered. I do not fear the IDF, IEDs, small arms attacks or the sniper fire. These things a Marine accepts, we knew the day we raised our right hands and swore to defend that whi

Geez . . . why does this "church" have to be called Baptist? We have enough negative stereotypes to deal with already . . .! I despise when people twist the Bible to say what they want to to say for their own psycho beliefs.

wow, how pathetic and strange.

See this is what I was writing about in my article I live down the street from this jackal he has no boundaries, I wonder what his real motive was for this protest. Maybe he didn't like how one of the victims looked, he is sick and will one day get his just deserves!!

That group of people are just sick and twisted. There is nothing morally right in what they do in protesting funerals.

I would love to see a funeral law of some sort. That is one area that I would like to see protected from protesting. Maybe the penalty for WBC participants could be a court-ordered wardrobe of bright orange clothing that says, "Fags Rock!"

What a messed up bunch of people

I hate them so much... the woman is so delusional and seriously needs to be admitted into a mental institution as soon as possible, or shot.

It's for people like this that I really hope there is a heaven and a hell, and a benevolent God. Because I don't think this group of evil-mongers with their constant rhetoric of hate would end up in heaven. And on the other hand, if they are right, and their god is such a vengeful God, then I'll be glad to pass on my ticket to heaven, thanks. I don't want to live, even in Paradise, with a God who would kill innocent people in order to teach me a lesson.

I would like to apologize on behalf of other Kansans. In no way does anyone other then his group of psychotic morons share his beliefs. It is such a shame that this ignorant POS has to litter our state.

I loathe WBC. How is this right? How can what they do be legal? HOW? Someone needs to stop them, seriously. They're sick and twisted invidivuals if they do nothing but sit and look through the obituaries for death noticies and information regarding funerals for people that died so horribly. I say we protest at old man Phelps' funeral when he dies. See how HIS family likes it.

(continuing rant) The Bill of Rights was added over 2 centuries ago. I doubt the founding fathers had protests like this in mind when they made the laws guaranteeing us the right to free speech and public protest. Something must be done to protect those who are grieving and morning. It seems to me that their right to grieve over a loved one or friend is being infringed upon by this group of hatemongering, ignorant, imperialist ideologists. Constitutional reform is a dire need. If the right to public protest is a law, then the right to grieve should be a law as well. This type of protest should be a hate crime.

Indeed, this is quite a delicate situation. I have encountered people very similar to this preaching on our college campus in Montevallo, AL. Their demonstration of ignorance often infuriates my fellow students, many of whom are not even religious. I would like to expand on your point regarding the Constitutional amendment guaranteeing free speech. While I don't think it would ever be possible to put a clause that says that "any person using their free speech rights to protest a funeral will waive their legal protection from physical harm done by those attending the funeral services" would be impossible because of the violence involved (And, though I could be wrong, it sounds like you're half-joking about this. Make no mistake--I would enjoy giving them a nice beat-down myself), you do make a good point about the nature of some of the Constitution's laws. The Bill of Rights was added over 2 centuries ago. I doubt the founding fathers had protests like this in mind when they mad