Homophobic Westboro Church Will Protest High School’s “The Laramie Project”
Oh, yeesh. The Westboro Church will once again dish out their hatred and homophobia, this time aiming at a Detroit high school for performing “The Laramie Project”.
If you’re not sure who Westboro Church is, they’re arguably the most perfect example of “Junk Activism”. In fact, if “Junk Activism” ever makes it into the dictionary, it should have a picture of a Westboro Church protest. Expect me to write about them frequently…
The message is this: God hates us all (but especially Jews, Muslims, gays, and soldiers) and he’s wrecking his vengeance on the world for all of the evil in it by allowing/causing every mortal reality for humanity.
They go to the funerals of dead soldiers to tell their parents that their kids went to hell. They pray and thank god publicly when someone dies of AIDS or gets a gay beatdown. God gets credit for it all and they’re spreading His Word in the loudest, most offensive way possible. Sort of like the KKK of Christianity.
From UPI.com: “‘The Laramie Project’ has a function — it’s to teach rebellion,” Phelps-Roper said.
Sort of like how a fringe hate group will drive hundreds of miles to protest homosexuality outside of a high school. Other churches won’t even associate with you, dude. Aren’t you teaching rebellion?
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