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July 23, 2006

ACLU Backs Westboro Baptist Church

Posted by Dave Blount at July 23, 2006 8:45 PM

Apparently the ACLU places more emphasis on always taking the wrong side than it does on supporting gays, because it has filed suit on behalf of the Westboro Baptist Church, in order to allow this bizarre gay-bashing cult to keep disrupting the memorial services of fallen American soldiers.

Despite its name, the Westboro Baptist Church appears to have little to do with Christianity. The cult is led by a creepazoid named Fred Phelps, whose philosophy is built around the notion that God hates America for permitting homosexuality. His followers have managed to attract attention to themselves by crashing heroes' funerals, waving disrespectful placards and yelling hostile nonsense.

A highly sensible Missouri law bans protests "in front of or about" a location where a funeral is taking place, starting one hour before it starts, ending an hour after it's over. The ACLU wants this law declared unconstitutional on the false grounds that it limits protesters' free speech based on the content of their message. They are demanding an injunction that would allow Phelps and his gang to continue their disgraceful activities.

Phelps' daughter Shirley L. Phelps-Roper, a spokeswoman for the cult, triumphantly yelped:

I told the nation, as each state went after these laws, that if the day came that they got in our way, that we would sue them. At this hour, the wrath of God is pouring out on this country.

Speaking of people getting wrath poured out on them, wouldn't it be fun to lock Phelps-Roper in a room with Fox News' Julie Banderas?