Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Let’s Take The High Ground

I don’t know if you saw that Fred Phelps, the former pastor and founder of the Westboro Baptist Church is dying. There have been many calls to protest his funeral as he has done for many of ours, but I ask for us to take the high ground and not celebrate his death.

Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project has asked people not to protest at his funeral, KMUW wrote that,
Family members of 84-year-old Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps have confirmed that he's in hospice care in Topeka and may be near death.
The group is known for funeral protests that have created a lot of anger, but equality groups are asking for a different response to Phelp's condition.
The spoke’s person for the group said,
"That's what we're asking, is for people to treat us with dignity and respect. How can we ask for that if we're not willing to give that to other people?" says Mott.
Let us show them that we are better than they are; let us take the high ground and not stoop to their level.

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  1. Erin3/20/14, 9:01 AM

    diana darlin' part of me wants to agree with you and part of me wants to take that low road. thye use god and the bible to be hateful, well "they can reap what they have sown." i'm not saying i'm going to protest his funeral;however if others choose to i personally won't hold it against them.

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