Every day we have soldiers putting their lives on the line so that America can keep it’s freedom and the people of Westboro Baptist not only show hatred toward these peopel but abuse the freedom those soldiers provide them with. Don’t get me wrong I think they have the right to do it, but it sickens me that they find enjoyment from it. This video is a segment of a program called the Hannity & Colmes show on Fox. The main issue they are talking about is the most recent protest of the church after new legislation was passed in the state of Iowa.
The Westboro Baptist Church was protesting as over 1,000 people gathered for the funeral of National Guard Sargent Daniel Sussner who was killed while on duty in Iraq.The day before the protest the state of Iowa passed new legislation that prohibited disorderly conduct from being closer than 500 feet from a military funeral or memorial service. Mrs. Phelps-Roper is claiming that the church is not doing anything but bringing awareness to the fact that God is punishing us because we will not obey his law. According to the church, one of the many ways he is doing this is by sending home dead soldiers from Iraq.
She continues to talk about how the wrath of God is coming down on America because we will not obey his law. She gets one thing right when she informs Hannity & Colmes that her church is hated by America. Yes these people have the right to protest but I think its sick that they can do it at such a sensitive time in a families life. I thought it was really interesting that Mr. Hannity points out that the fact that they use “religion to justify hatred” is disgusting. For someone who speaks so much about how there are no innocent people Mrs. Phelps-Roper gets very defensive when Mr. Hannity tries to ask her what her sins are. I cannot say that I don’t hate these people and everything they believe in, but if we are going to sit here and say that they need to tolerate gays, Jews, Catholics, etc. we must tolerate them in turn.
Freedom of the First Amendment 