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Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
February 19, 2009 at 10:11 pm
That would have been at least as epic as the guys who showed up on talk like a pirate day dressed as pirates and made such a show that the media paid attention to them instead of the WBC. Which of course is true epicness.
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
February 20, 2009 at 6:17 am
(February 19, 2009 at 5:01 pm)rjh Wrote: Shame. We could have had a party right next to the protest with punch, music and a massive sign reading: "We're going to hell! who's coming with us?"

Not so sure about the sign you suggest,we don't believe in heaven and hell do we?
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
February 20, 2009 at 9:55 am
Well no. However the sign would be a direct response to their own protest which i assume would damn homosexuals to hell. By saying "We're going to hell" next to that would be to support the gay community.
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
February 20, 2009 at 12:40 pm
It's a more subtle way to say "we think these guys over here suck".
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
February 24, 2009 at 4:38 pm
The Westboro Baptist Church went to do a protest in NY, I think it was. I can't remember where, but that's not the point. They were doing another funeral protest for a fallen soldier and the town's community, like 150 of them or thereabouts came to the funeral to drown them out so that the mourners didn't have to hear the hate speech at the funeral. It was a story featured on yesterday's (feb 23) Keith Olbermann in his Best Persons in the world segment.
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
March 9, 2009 at 8:57 am
Idiots. They need to learn a little about marketing to convert some people.

But then again, any publicity is good publicity.
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March 10, 2009 at 8:15 am
Hey...they may be utter pricks - but they're [non-existent] GOD's utter pricks!
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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
March 10, 2009 at 8:46 am
There's some funny youtube vids about this church.

The main dude, Fred Phelps has a daughter and she... uh... got a little busy without getting married...

A kid popped out. Condemning gays and lesbians to hell? What about illegitimate children?

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RE: Westboro Baptists expanding to UK?
March 10, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I saw an entire documentary about the WBC filmed by Louis Theroux. He interviewed some of them too. He tried to interview Fred aka 'Gramps' but Fred didn't really want to do much talking! He like agreed to 5 minutes which became like 3 or something like that.

I saw it on Virgin on Demand, as a free featured program.

It was called : 'The Most Hated Family In America'.

I haven't checked if all the parts are their or if they all work - but it seems to be on at google video and youtube too.

Check it out if you want - not sure if it all works though.

And it may still be on Virgin on Demand if any of you have that and haven't seen it...it may not be there any more though.

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