I really think it's too early to get into the "blame game" for the Blacksburg mass murders. But, given the speed with which some of those ready to do just that have emerged from their underground worm holes, I guess we need to note what they're saying. A word of warning, it ain't pretty. It ain't tactful. In fact, it's downright disgusting.
The inevitable attack on modern biology
In 1999, as the nation was still coming to grips with the tragedy at Columbine High School, then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) took to the floor to identify what he saw as the real culprit: science classes. “Our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who are evolutionized [sic] [...]
Oh, that's just the Warmup Act. It gets worse. Much worse. Enter the Rev. Phelps, he of the vociferous church from the prairies of Kansas. I can't even get to the site, thanks to the "blocking software" we use. It flags the site as "intolerant/extremism". No kidding. The URL alone is enough to ward off most sensible people. And you thought Don Imus was bad.....
I'll defer to the folks at AmericaBlog for the basic information. Follow the link above if you really want to expose yourself to more of the Rev. Phelps irresponsible babbling.
Anti-gay conservative Christians to protest at VA Tech funerals
It's perhaps no surprise that their hate knows no bounds. No surprise that the gay-hating religious right finds kinship with the kind of hatred (and insanity) that took the lives of 33 innocents at Virginia Tech. Hate is universal, and to [...]
Tags: Reverand Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church, Virginia Tech, Mass Murder
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Here is the contact info for the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Westboro Baptist Church
3701 SW 12th St
Topeka, KS 66604
(785) 273-0325
Fred W. and Margie M. Phelps, Sr.
Westboro Baptist Church
3701 S.W. 12th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66604
phone: 785-273-0325 and 785-273-0338
fax: 785-273-9228