Westboro Baptist Church praises Sikh temple shooting
Almost immediately after the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church took to Twitter, calling the shooting a beautiful punishment from an angry God.
Westboro Church leader Margie Phelps sent out a tweet that read, “God sent another shooter?”
The shooting claimed the lives of seven victims, and left many injured. The alleged attacker Wade Michael Page was found dead at the scene and the FBI is investigating if this is a case of domestic terrorism.
Fred Phelps, the leader of Westboro, wrote on Twitter that the shooting was a “beautiful work of an angry God who told Wisconsin to keep their filthy hands off his people (WBC!) #godsenttheshooter.”
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The “church” leaders continued to voice their offensive opinions on Twitter after the shooting, telling their followers that worse punishments from God will come, since the US is “God-cursed.”
In response to a tweet that expressed a user was praying for the victims of the shooting, Margie replied, “God doesn’t hear prayers of the wicked.”
The distasteful comments come after members of the Phelps family threatened to picket the memorial vigil for the victims of the Batman shooting victims in Colorado.
Previously, members of Westboro have picketed funerals of American soldiers, until Congress passed a restriction on military funeral protests last week.
Westboro Baptist Church, whose website is www.godhatesfags.com, is infamous for its extreme ideologies. The community consists of about 40 members in its headquartered in Kansas. For years, the “church” has been protesting homosexuality. It is not affiliated with any Baptist denominations.
these freaks are certainly pushing the envelope when it comes to the concept of free speech. they obviously revel in their outsider status and the hate they induce. if this goverment felt compelled to stop the practices of the relatively less hateful church in waco, why not shut these scumbags down? all they do day in and day out is cause sorrow for people who are already immersed in sorrow. no, i dont know all that went on in waco, and neither do you. so dont tell me about the horrors of waco if all your gonna do is spout the propaganda you were fed by the goverment. these kansas freaks are a menace-bottom line.
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go tell your therapist about it or learn to deal with the idea that nothing will always be what you expect it to nor will it fix in your box of what is right and wrong.
I just love how a t is an x gotta love the NSA AND FBI FOR ALL THE FRAUD I MEAN HARD WORK THEY DO!
i assume your not talking to me na
if you are, i dont know what the fuck your talking about
direct your wierdness where it needs to be directed to
and be specific-you only live once pet.