Has anyone ever heard of the Westboro Baptist Church? They are a very political and extremist religion that heavily protests war and gay marriage. The way they protest is appalling rude though. Many of their signs include things such as “God hates Fags”, “God hates America”, “Thank God for Dead Soldiers” and so on. The worst part? They choose to protest at events such as Veteran's and Soldier's funerals.
The thing is that something in more disturbing has been going around. I have seen facebook, myspace, myYearbook, and twitter posts saying things about this church. What these statuses are saying is that when the WBC has their convention, people should refuse to service them. Because of their political actions, this is perfectly legal. But also because of morality, this is perfectly wrong. These posts seem to have started in Mississippi, and they urge people in that state to refuse to give any sort of food or housing services to these people. Following I have seen many more statuses pop up saying things such as “Way to go Mississippi! Show those WBC idiots!” and other snarky comments in support.
I have to say that I am little upset about this. I mean how hypocritical can people be? These people are upset at the WBC for being rude and disrespectful to a group of people. They are upset that this group is being so hateful towards those fighting for what they believe is right. So in retaliation what are they doing? These people are hating the WBC so much that they are going to refuse them motel service, gas service, food service, and so on. They are going to be rude and snobbish to these people for believing in something that they hate. Doesn't that sound hypocritical to you?
Even if other people disagree with me I don't honestly care. In my opinion when I pray I have always been told to be kind to even the worst of people. It says in the bible that Jesus still loves Satan after all he is doing, and we should too. I think the WBC is nothing compared to Satan! Now I know that many of you know that I don't really believe in Satan, and instead see light and dark aspects of my heavenly parents, but I wanted to put it on a level for most of the people in Utah, who might read this thing! Even though I don't believe in the Bible, I do believe that deity wants us to love everyone, even the worst of people. If I am nice to this awful group, and they are negative to the reception or continue to be rude afterwords, then that’s their sins, their problems, they can work that all out with The Big Guy later. I on the other hand, will have done the right thing!
On top of all that, these statuses are stupid. How many people think that even if every person in Mississippi saw this and posted it that it would actually happen. The WBC doesn't walk around wearing weird clothes or with signs or anything! If they go to the Best Western and says that they need their rooms that they have reserved, the clerk isn't going to know that they are WBC members! The guy working the Burger King drive through doesn't know either! The only thing this message does is show how like this group we all are. Many of you may be thinking that I am being hypocritical now too. But I don't hate the people who are posting this crap, I just hate the post. Thanks for reading♥
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