Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Atheist...

The Reason Rally is going to be the biggest atheist event in history and guess who's going to be there: The Westboro Baptist Church -- how unsurprising. The event has already attracted such high-profile people in the secular community as Jessica Ahlquist, Richard Dawkins, James Randi and David Silverman, but the country's largest gathering of non-believers wouldn't be complete without America's most notorious Christian-based hate group.

The Westboro Baptist Church released the following statement on Twitter regarding their plans to picket The Reason Rally:

"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" Ps14:1 Here's lookin' at you, @ReasonRally!Your [unwarranted] pride is your destruction. Dear @ReasonRally: How gracious of you! We accept your invitation & will picket your parade of fools 3/24. Love,WBC."

What would be truly entertaining would be if the WBC unveils themselves as trollish atheist attention-seekers who like to draw negative attention to the most notable downfalls of the Christian religion. However, that's highly unlikely.

Megan Phelps-Roper dimwittedly believes that atheists will either magically fall into the bigoted beliefs of the WBC at the Reason Rally, or they will be "further condemned" by this so-called god thingy they keep preaching about.

So at least there is more reason to show up for the largest secular gathering in history on March 24th in Washington D.C., and that's to at least have a hearty laugh at the Westboro Baptist Church as they preach their nonsense at those who find them nothing more than novel entertainment figures.

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Walter Beals Mar 13, 2012, 8:08am UTC

It should be noted that WBC was invited to the event.

Deidre Kent May 1, 2012, 11:53pm UTC

Would they care if they were invited or not?

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juli henry Mar 13, 2012, 11:23am UTC

I gotta give them credit for moving away from funerals! Before I moved to Kansas, I had no idea people like that even existed, outside of B movies!

Deidre Kent May 1, 2012, 11:55pm UTC

You gotta give them credit? Are you insane?

juli henry May 2, 2012, 12:12am UTC

Yep. Gotta give them credit. Moving away from the funerary scene is a step in a more acceptable direction for these people. Granted, it is a very small step, but still a step.

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Margie Wilson-Mars Mar 14, 2012, 3:12am UTC

And here I thought my Church was kooky. Really, those people are freaks. Christians have enough of a fight right now just to be able to exist without these clowns coming to the parade. I'd like to know where they get the money to do all of this crap.

Chelsea Hoffman Mar 14, 2012, 3:14am UTC

*cough* check it out man... lol
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981186784

Margie Wilson-Mars Mar 14, 2012, 7:43pm UTC

Free publicity.

juli henry May 2, 2012, 12:16am UTC

They finance their "movement" by infuriating bystanders into touching them, pushing them, or infracting upon their first amendment rights in one way or another, then filing suit against whoever does it. If any member of WBC gets arrested, they sue for false arrest. If it's a person ewho harrasses them, they sue for monetary damages. It's very important, when face to face with these people, to just IGNORE them. My husband is certainly not in the habit of telling me what to do, but in the case of Westboro, he has forbidden me to even make eye contact with them!

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Ob Bop Mar 26, 2012, 8:40am UTC

Several "adherents" of Westboro are lawyers and sue whatever and woever they can.

Cities and towns often discover it is actually cheaper to offer a
low-ball" settlement to end the affair and say "good riddance" as the Westboro bunch depart.

It is, generally best, to just ignire them or laugh at them just do not do anything illegal or anything they can sue you for.... that is why they are present.

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Deidre Kent May 1, 2012, 11:52pm UTC

Well Chelsea, link yourself to the WBC and lose all your credibility.

Chelsea Hoffman May 1, 2012, 11:55pm UTC

What's that mean?

Deidre Kent May 1, 2012, 11:56pm UTC

Just what I said! Why give space on any site to those nutjobs.

Chelsea Hoffman May 2, 2012, 12:00am UTC

0_o

You know by your logic -- several (and I mean several) people are "not credible" as people...because they mention or have been mentioned by this hate group. That includes dead soldiers, families who have been victimized by them and those who protest them. That also counts nearly every single news sources on the planet.

I find that stance rather illogical ;) I'm sure some people don't want missing children to be wasting news space, but they're still stories that matter to a vast number of people who want to know about what's going on.

In cases on the WBC -- it unites people to help in stopping them. Thanks to the "space" given to those nutjobs, there are plenty of people who unite and arrive at funerals to stop them from protesting.

I think your comment wasn't very well thought out -- and quite insulting to anyone who tries to spread awareness of cultural and social problems.

Chelsea Hoffman May 2, 2012, 12:10am UTC

1. Profanity of that level is against the Gather TOS -- clean it up.

2. You obviously didn't read the article and you grossly mis-comprehended my comment to you.

Good job embarrassing yourself.

juli henry May 2, 2012, 12:22am UTC

Chelsea cannot possibly link herself to this group. Most of the members are either related to each other, are direct descendants of Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of the church, are married to members of the Phelps family, or have been in Topeka for time out of mind. Anyone who has heard any of the Phelps's rant would not think, even for a second, that Chelsea was ever linked to Westboro Baptist Church.

Deidre Kent May 2, 2012, 12:36am UTC

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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