To ignore it is to approve it...

Fred Phelps, the former leader of the Westboro Baptist Church and leader of the HATE movement across America, died this passed week. A short lived sigh of relief could be heard across the land.


Phelps was the largest promoter of hate across the state and came to the forefront by picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepherd, a gay man who was beaten and strung up on the plains of Laramie, Wyoming to die. "God Hates Fags" was his battle cry, and "Enjoy Hell" was his signage.


Years have passed and Phelps and his hateful clan have been found picketing many funerals, including military funerals, claiming that these soldiers died, or the Iraq war happened because of gay people and the United States allowing this immorality.


Well, Phelps died this passed week and many are wondering how his followers/family are going to handle this or will the hate stop. His church has asked that there be no picketing of his funeral, if there is going to be a funeral. Many have said that there will probably not be a funeral, which is pure chicken shit. The family released a statement. "This is a very difficult time for us," the statement reads, " so we ask that the public have a little decency and respect by allowing us to mourn a great man who served God and tried to protect America from the threat of fags and perverts. (i.e gays and U.S soldiers)"


I am sorry... WHAT???
A HUGE HELL NO to that!


They don't get that choice. Especially since the Shepherd and every military family did not get that choice to be exposed to the Phelp's version of hate. Families did not get the chance to say no to the long drive from church to graveside and have to see the Phelp's family brand of HATE and HURT and AWFULNESS. What the family fears if that they will receive the same treatment they unleashed on the entire country if they have a funeral for their patriarch of hate.


Now mind you, I am not saying that we should be as hurtful as he was.


I am thinking that this protest should be SILENT. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of protesters standing with duct tape across their mouths and a "NoH8" painted on their cheeks.


Seems a fitting tribute and a much needed voice during this time of "difficulty" for a family who has created such awful, disgusting bile in a peaceful country.


A friend posted, "Simply ignoring it and letting it go by unnoticed does not bring "grace" to the forefront. Being there, yet with dignity, does...to ignore it is to approve it."


I could not agree more...