Westboro Baptist Church Goes To Mississippi – And Loses
On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.
That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable – though certainly noteworthy and solemn – occasion for us to mark.
And in fact when Sgt. Rogers’ body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera from Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend’s cruiser gives an indication of the scene last Thursday.
What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers’ funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn’t happen.
You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers’ funeral.
But the Westboro mob wasn’t on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident – thank God.
Why weren’t there protestors?
Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.
From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information…
A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.
Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.
A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.
Fred Phelps, the disbarred lawyer and Democrat activist who leads the Westboro congregation, will undoubtedly pursue some form of legal action for the way his people were thwarted in Brandon. Let him try. There isn’t a jury in Mississippi which will see things his way.
This is a template for how to handle the Westboro people. If lawsuits don’t work, other means will. Whatever it takes to keep them from harassing bereaved military families on the day their fallen loved ones are laid to rest.
UPDATE: Some of the feedback we’ve received from this piece came along the lines that it’s inappropriate to refer to Fred Phelps as a “Democrat activist.”
We stand by that characterization. If anything, it’s an understatement.
Fred Phelps ran for major office in Kansas as a Democrat no less than four times. He ran for governor on the Democrat ballot in 1990, 1994 and 1998 and for senator in 1992. Phelps received 11,000 votes, or seven percent, in 1990, he received 5,000 votes, or three percent, in 1994 and he picked up 15,000 votes, or 15 percent, in 1998. And in the senatorial contest in 1992 he garnered 49,000 votes, or 30 percent. Phelps furthermore ran as a Democrat candidate for mayor of Topeka in 1993 and 1997.
Phelps also has been closely associated with Al Gore on several occasions throughout Gore’s career – Phelps’ son Fred, Jr. was a Gore delegate at the 1988 Democrat convention and the Phelpses hosted a Gore fundraiser in Topeka that year. Phelps claims that Westboro members “ran” Gore’s 1988 campaign in Kansas.
Phelps may not fit within the typical definition of “Democrat activist” some of our readers expect – but a six-time Democrat candidate is an activist Democrat. That is quite clear, as unknown to the public as it might be.
Love this. http://tinyurl.com/3b4udky
BTW — I hope the WBC members choke to death on a bag of dicks.
What happened Clint you haven’t replied to my last post yet. And Quit cussing just because you can cuss does not mean you are smart.
Sorry — It was impossible to reply to the comment. It went so far over to the right from being nested so deep that the reply button disappeared. I tried zooming the text down so small I couldn’t even read it, but it still wasn’t enough to make the reply button visible. So your comment was pretty much lost.
Opposition to Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Phelps protested Hillary Rodham Clinton during a campaign speech in support of the Clinton-Gore ticket at the University of Kansas on October 14, 1992. In Bill Clinton’s
second presidential campaign, Phelps and the Westboro church also
opposed Clinton and Gore because of the administration’s support for gay rights. The entire Westboro congregation picketed a 1997 inaugural ball,[40] denouncing Gore as a “famous fag pimp.”[41] In 1998, Westboro picketed the funeral of Gore’s father, screaming vulgarities at Gore and telling him, “your dad’s in Hell.”[41]
Saddam Hussein
In 2003, before the fall of Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War, Phelps wrote a letter to Saddam praising his regime for being, in his opinion, “the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets.”[42] Furthermore, he stated that he would like to send a delegation to BaghdadBill and Hillary Clinton, as well as anal sex.[43]
Passage below is from Wikipedia. It should read “denouncing Bill and Hillary Clinton.”
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Im gonna catch that mother fucked Fred Phelps one on one of these fucking days and il take the man slaughter court case…
That would be murder, not manslaughter, both of which are far worse than speaking hatred that nobody else listens to because they realize WBC are fucking assholes. So you’d be putting yourself at a lower moral ground than WBC.
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Thats remarkable that one city came together to do that, in one word… Genius, my city just got a visit from Westboro church, me and a bunch of friends tried to start a counter riot but got broken up by the Hilliard police.
This July 4th will be the 40th anniversary of my separation from the Army. Recently, Congress approved the right of former service people to give a proper military salute. Mine goes to the honorable and respectful people of Brandon, MS.
The people of Brandon should be very proud of what
they did for this solder and the grieving family. The westburough bunch are one
of the lowest life forms I have ever seen. This reminds me of a line from Toby
Keith’s song “An American Solder”, that said “American will put a boot in their
ass that’s the American way”.
Well done Brandon!!!
RE: Fred Phelps ran for major office in Kansas as a Democrat no less than four times.
Don’t twist the truth. He ran in the Democrat primaries for those positions, and lost. (read the actual text on the page you linked to…)
He may “call” himself a democrat, but he does not have any of the ideals that the democratic party supports.
Just because someone associates themselves with a group doesn’t mean that group associates itself with him.
Way to go Brandon, the last thing someone should have to see while grieving for their lost love one is one of those fanatical nuts protesting on the side of the road.
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”Thank God for 13 more dead troops. We are praying for 13,000 more.” states the Westboro Church website.
Mississippi
and neighboring states, it’s time to stand in honor of our fallen.
Westboro Church is planning to picket the Thursday (May 26) funeral of Staff
Sgt. David D. Self in Pearl, Miss., who was killed in Afghanistan last
week. Courageous Mississippians shut them down last time. Will you join
the fight?
Fred Phelps is no more a true Democrat than he is a real Baptist preacher. He can call himself whatever he likes, but the Baptists surely wouldn’t claim him and neither will the Democratic party.
If the author insists on stressing Phelps as a bonafide Democrat activist, perhaps he should also make the logical equation that Phelps is a bonafide Christian.
Way to go Brandon!!!!
Here is an example to follow!! I hope Missouri shows these fools who’s boss!!!
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Here is my take on things and I don’t care if people like it…….after all, we have been discussing the right to free speach. Everyone needs to give a lot less attention to a person like clintJCL……ignorance breeds ignorance and we should offer no more fuel for his rantings, which is exactly what they are. Don’t be drawn in by the use of big, seemingly intelligent words. Many people who are mad are mistaken for intellectuals. Simply put, if we ignore him, maybe he will go away. His posts scream, “I want attention”……..if you want attention so badly, go jump off of a tall building. I don’t wish ill on anyone, but every time we respond to one of his posts we just offer a forum for Clint to spread his ‘crap’ for lack of a better word.
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I am ashamed that this man is in Kansas. He brings shame to our state and the people who live in it. Someone should run him out!
@NeenahPete Let us show you how it’s done! http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/
Hurray for the people of Mississippi they protect their own . God Bless Sgt Jason Rogers USMC Sempre Fi.
I AM A BRITISH BIKER AND WE DO LOADS TO HELP OUR HEROES, I WISH I COULD DO MORE. AND IF ANY IDIOTS TRIED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS AT OUR FALLEN TROOPS I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE STANDING IN THE WAY AND IF IT TOOK A SLAP TO SORT THESE BASTARDS OUT THEN SO BE IT. WE ARE A NATION OF SOFTIES OVER HERE AND SOME OF THE THINGS ILLEGAL AND NONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GET AWAY WITH JUST IS BEYOND BELIEVING !!!! SO WELL DONE TO EVERYONE IN HELPING TO MAKE SURE YOUR FALLEN HERO WAS GIVEN THE SEND OF HE DESERVES. I WILL SHAKE EVERY ONE OF YOUR HANDS VIRTUALY. AND THANK YOU.
This Just Breaks My Heart!!! I’ve lost so many friends in the War, every time I watch these I just cry. God Bless the Fighting Men and Women in Uniform!!!
@kevinmontgomery Let us show you how it’s done! http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/
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He calls himself a Baptist too, as well as a Democrat. Think that’s correct?
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The word is “democratic.” Democrat is a noun, not an adjective.
Jesus was a Democratic Activist too suckers.
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I’ll say this: The way the folks in MS handled this was brilliant. Should these people have their asses kicked?
Here’s the thing.
Although it is in fact bad to wish harm on others, let’s ask why. It’s bad because it undermines their humanity. That common strain of compassion and reason that we have that makes capable of relating to one another and able to respect human life. Violence is bad because it has no respect for human life or compassion or reason.
That’s the thing.
These WBC folks have NO respect for human life. They have NO compassion for others. They are totally INCAPABLE of relating to other human beings. And they take reason and warp it to fit and justify their hate.
Sometimes we are put into a hard place where you just got to bite the bullet and take care of business. I don’t advocate causing serious harm to them. Not by any means. I do think that if someone wanted to kick one of these hate filled humanless shell’s asses that they would be doing this world a service.
It’s a notion that a lot of folks don’t realize anymore but is true nonetheless:
Sometimes you gotta kick some ass.
Makes me so proud to be from Mississippi. I cried all the way through this. God Bless the USA and the people of Mississippi who used common sense.
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They are coming to Houston this weekend and I’m not sure they know about the 200+ bikers that will be awaiting them. Hell, I hope they do know. I’ve read all about their ‘tactics’ and ‘we’, the bikers, are well versed on the law in the Great State of Texas. We’re molding our anti-picket after 4 guys who rode 600 miles to their hometown, Topeka, KS and WON! A very good read: http://k99.com/my-ride-to-westboro-baptist-church-a-huge-success/
I’ll be sharing a similar success story very, very soon.
And one more thing.
The author’s need to insist that Fred Phelps is a Democrat, as if that’s actually important, is treading dangerously close to being as much of a bigot as Fred Phelps is.
THIS is how you deal with Westboro!
Yeah, and Hitler was a Republican.
Yes … let’s all get behind the violation of civil rights and the law. I’m sure the Black Community has forgotten about their civil rights violations o the past and will be happy to join in the violating. Just remember one thing. The Supreme Court say they have the right. The Constitution say they have the right. Now are you really a patriotic American … or just one that give lip service. Like them or Hate them. They have the same rights as you and I. Funny how no Religious Leaders have spoken out against the principles of the WBC. All I ever hear is the same hate from those opposing them. Now we’ve moved from shouting to assault and law enforcement breaking the law. Wow…. That’s what I call American ! Bad thing is I disagree with the practices of the WBC, but people like you force me to defend their rights. Maybe we are in more trouble then we thought. Why don’t the Police officers just drag them out of their cars and shoot them. No one there woould care. You could solve the problem. Or is that too extreme. Well …maybe you need another month or two to work up the nerve. Or maybe even a few drinks. Maybe they are right …. God Help the United States of America ….. Hate is Hate ! …. Breaking the Law should be punished. The officers involved should be fired. This is just one step down the the slippery slope of ANARCHY. and the AMERICA they talk about.
those soilders stood for us and now its time we stand for them
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Fred Phelps doesn’t speak for our political party. We real Democrats abhor his bullshit. Also, our party name is Democratic. Not “Democrat”. It’s actually grammatically incorrect to use terms like “Democrat candidate”, so really you went from an awesome article that I found myself happy to read to a really shitty finish that embarrasses you in my eyes.
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Fred has long been thought to be on the CIApayroll. You rubes fall for it everytime. Nice easy way to keep the war and the troop worship going!