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"Hoping the wackos go away" only goes so far when the "wackos" seem to multiply in number geometricaly each year and when political lobbiests often work for the more extreme minority.
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I would urge a full investigation of this flyer, to determine how factual it is, for example I have read it through several times and don't see a reference to a Fred Phelps. Where exactly did those who mentioned him here find him in connection to this flyer?
As far as the Christian American response, of course it will not be monolithic. There are a great many Christian Americans who believe that homosexuality is a sin simply because the Book says so. However, they do realize that there is no hierarchy of sin in the eyes of God, and that homosexual behaviour is no more sinful than lust or philandering in the straight world. Certainly such people are not hated by God, nor should they be hated by God's people.
That's my 2 cents.
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Fred Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church. This flier was found on their webpage. Google can be a wonderful research tool - it would have taken you five seconds to find the connection for yourself, if you'd bothered.
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Fred "god hates fags" Phelps is something of a legend in altsex communities, and homosexuality is his particular hobbyhorse. Even among fundamentalist fruit loops he's in a class by himself. No one I know considers him to be representative of Christians, or even fundamentalists. The man is a wacko's wacko.
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It's slightly interesting the guy who was jailed actually contacted these people to ask them to *stop* supporting him as he thought they went even too far for him, and he's not exactly pro-gay.
I'd be surprised if they'd even be able to pinpoint us on a map, though.
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I don't think he can pinpoint his country's outer realms, like Iraq, either.
Anyway, fundies are everywhere. Is there a true danger that they turn into the Christian version of Muslim muhajdeens and start blowing up stuff everywhere? I don't think so... they are much like barking dogs.
Is there a true danger people being sympathising with their cause? That I don't know.
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Sure there's a "true danger of them blowing up stuff"! Plenty of Abortion Clinics and the doctors that work in them opertate in mortal danger every day.
All it takes is an athiest in the White House for their targets to branch out to government buildings....they're that dangerpous. ...and just like the muslim version, these extremists are often sheltered by those that sympathise with them on religous grounds.
Watch the crowd at a speach by Pat Robertson to see a truly scary bunch of zealots.
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From their secret lair under Washington D.C., of course. Possibly also from Uranus.
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Blame the Pilgrims.
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"All it takes is an athiest in the White House..."
Unfortunately, that's something that won't happen within any of our lifetimes. An atheist couldn't get elected to most city councils, much less the presidency of the United States.
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TSN, Let's not assume that an atheist that make sit to the highest office in the land won't also have axes to grind with organized religion. This fear goes both ways.
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I'd settle for a President that was not in Organized Christianity's pocket. One that really believes that Church and State should be seperate.
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