Jesus to the Westboro Baptist Church

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   DaveW on February 10, 2012 at 6:49 pm

   Pretty brilliant. For those blissed with ignorance of all things biblical, it should be pointed out that this is about a real Bible thing:

   On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

   As opposed to them not hearing anything about cursing gays, ever.  

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   Oui on February 10, 2012 at 6:50 pm

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   Josh Powell sons’ funeral: It’s Westboro church vs. the public

   A new Facebook campaign, “Keep Westboro Church away from Powell Memorial,” was launched to encourage the public to “go out in full force to help create a buffer so this memorial can take place peacefully” in Tacoma, Wash. Occupy Seattle also plans a counterprotest to protect the boys’ grief-stricken relatives from Westboro’s hate-filled message.

   Margie Phelps, the daughter of the founder of the Kansas-based church reviled by many for its extremist views, took to Twitter to confirm the funeral protest plans, calling the area where the deaths happened “God’s cursed WA-serial-killer-capitol of world” and labeling “beautiful” the headline “Westboro BaptChurch to protest Powell boys’ funeral.”

   Phelps also suggests that blame for the boys’ deaths lies with Gov. Christine Gregoire, who is poised to sign a bill approving same-sex marriage.  

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   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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     Geov Parrish on February 10, 2012 at 7:43 pm

     While WA has had more than its share of serial killers, the Powell killings, while horrific, weren’t actually serial killings – a disturbed single father burned himself and his two boys to death during a court-ordered visitation. What this has to do with Westboro’s twisted agenda is anyone’s guess, but they seem to like coming to our area, and are thoroughly reviled by just about everyone as a result.

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       Phil Perspective on February 10, 2012 at 10:12 pm

       I could be wrong, but I think the Phelps crew has cancelled.

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         Geov Parrish on February 10, 2012 at 11:54 pm

         Apparently, yes.

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   seabe on February 10, 2012 at 7:11 pm

   George Takei has the best Facebook page on the internet.

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   boran2 on February 10, 2012 at 7:48 pm

   Some of my best friends are figgots.  

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   cruzy on February 10, 2012 at 10:13 pm

   I visited the marshmallow peeps store last week at the Mall of America. I was at the mall, and I felt the need to understand how one could fill an entire store with nothing but marshmallow peeps.

   It turns out you can’t. Half the store is full of large plush peep toys. So you could, theoretically, recreate the above scene on a giant scale, if you so desired.