Flooding & Hate

I thought the recent flooding in the Red River Valley was the result of too much snow this winter, but apparently I'm wrong.

According to a press release from the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, “God sent the flood waters to cover the evil people of Bismarck and Fargo, ND, where you flipped off God and raised your hands against His anointed by criminalizing WBC’s gospel preaching against” gays and their supporters.

The Westboro Baptist Church is run by the Reverend Fred Phelps and his family. Their the ones going around the country picketing the funerals of servicemen and women who were killed in Iraq, all in the name of spreading "the gospel". They're upset because the North Dakota legislature, in 2007, passed a law requiring them to remain at least 300 feet away from a funeral service with their pickets.

Rev. Fred, you don't like homosexuals...I get that. I don't agree with your stand, but our country gives you freedom of speech. However, that right comes with responsibilities and it should come with a sense of decency. The servicemen and women who are killed in Iraq have nothing to do with the issue of gay rights. So why do you feel the need to picket their funerals? I'll answer that question myself, you're a publicity seeking bigot!

Why aren't you picketing outside the homes of Wall Street executives. I'm no biblical scholar, but I believe Jesus was much more critical of the money lenders than he was of homosexuals!

Every society has it's radicals, from the fundamentalist Muslims of the Middle East to the Bible thumpers of Kansas. Let's just hope that the radicals we have in the US remain in a small minority.