Nomadic Politics: Westboro Baptist Church

by Nomad

Westboro Baptist Church is famous for its controversial protests aimed at attracting the maximum amount of attention. In Portland, Oregon, the demonstration didn't turn out quite as they had planned.

According to the law, Westboro Baptist Church has as much right to free speech- no matter how abhorrent and mean-spirited- as anyone else. However, when members of the extremist Church showed up at a sporting event in Portland Oregon to protest gay marriage, they got a little taste of the free speech of other people.

Several hundred angry people, actually.

Counter protesters showed little tolerance to the inflammatory Westboro message and a scuffle reportedly broke out between the two groups. After twenty minutes, the Westboro members made a hasty retreat.

The counter-protesters celebrated with dance party "complete with stage lights and speakers."

A good time was had by (nearly) all.

Elliot Njus, writing for The Oregonian has the full story here.

by Nomad

We interrupt our normal broadcasting to bring you this message from the Lord family from Memphis, Tennessee.

Of course, the sad truth of the matter is that as long as Christians like this remain silent, it's only natural to think that the Westboro Church, Tony Perkins, Pat Robertson and groups like Focus on the Family and American Family Association are the actual representatives of the Christian faith. Of course, I have met a lot of Christians in my life and the majority were quiet, down-to-earth types, wishing no harm on anybody as far as I could see. It's the loud ones you have to be wary of, I guess.