Ashaiel Wrote:Then I found out that Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church -- you know, of "God Hates Fags" fame -- plan to picket Heath Ledger's funeral, as well as this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
I wrote about this in my friends-protected LJ. I'd C&P the whole thing here, but the profanity content is high. <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt=":evil:" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->
*The following is completely my opinion, an excerpt from the said entry*.
"I'd watched a feature on this sickening 'religion' on the Jeremy Kyle Show on YouTube (just search Jeremy Kyle - The Most Hated Family in America) and you can just see this mother grinning inanely with her two blank-eyed daughters. My first thought was "This woman's been brainwashed, I don't know what feeling's stronger; the pity or the hate."
I am one to respect people's beliefs, but these people do not respect mine (or anyone else's, apart from their own). God teaches Christians to love their neighbour, and to treat others how they would like to be treated - not to abuse people, bully, and to beat down grieving families "all for the name of God". In the WBC's view, I'll be going to Hell for eternity just because of my sexual preference and because I support gay marriages and relationships whole-heartedly. If they love each other, who gives a monkeys about what's between their legs?
As a Christian, I was taught that God does indeed love unconditionally and teaches others to love. But if they're right and God really is a homosexual-hating, narrow-minded being, I'll be happy to reside in Hell for all eternity, because I certainly wouldn't want to worship a being with so much hate."
Also featured was a song the 'church' had written about 'God Hates Fags', and the camera panned on a five-year-old girl singing it. They're even pushing this onto kids, teaching them to be hateful and spiteful just like the rest of them, and it breaks my heart. :/