I hope I'm not the only one that is completely disgusted by pictures of these protests. For the uneducated, Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka led by founder/pastor Fred Phelps has been involved in picketing funerals of fallen soldiers. The mindset behind this grotesque activity is the congregation believes that the death of the American troops and other national disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, are consequences from God of our national level of tolerance of homosexuality. Phelps' congregation consists mostly of his family. He has 13 children, 54 grand-children and 7 great-grandchildren. He has been quoted to say that, "You can't preach the Bible without preaching the hatred of God." Fred, who are you fooling?
The group interrupts funerals of men and women who have heroically fought for America overseas. These people are heroes and these Westboro Baptists are gravely disrespecting the American Dream. Regardless of the fact that the Phelps' family has vowed to continue these protests, I truly believe that this attempt at depriving the nation of unity will be an utter failure and soon diminish. There is already a group called the "Patriot Guard Riders" which is a group of bikers who show up to drown out the protesters among the funeral line.
It just makes me sick to my stomach when I see such poor demonstrations of the American Dream, American Pride, and American Love.
May America Bless God.