Funeral Demonstrators Got What They Deserve
"Thank God for dead soldiers"--that's one of the hateful messages regularly held up on placards by members of Westboro Baptist Church at the funerals of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But the church finally messed with the wrong marine’s father. On October 31 a federal jury in Baltimore, Maryland ordered the church to pay $10.9 million to the father of deceased soldier Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder who was killed in Iraq in 2006. The church had held one of their protests at the soldier’s funeral.
I have to admit—this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Imagine placing your 20-year-old son into the ground while trying to block out the taunts of people who are thanking God for his death? Whatever you believe about the Iraq war, these actions are inexcusable. The Westboro Baptist Church claims that the deaths of soldiers are God’s judgment for America’s acceptance of homosexuality.
What really makes me cringe is when these kinds of things are done in the name of our God. When tactless lunatics muddy the name of Christ, we Christians need to be the most vocal in decrying their actions.
Thank God for dead soldiers? Thank God for a hefty court-ordered penalty that just might shut these folks up!
But the church finally messed with the wrong marine’s father. On October 31 a federal jury in Baltimore, Maryland ordered the church to pay $10.9 million to the father of deceased soldier Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder who was killed in Iraq in 2006. The church had held one of their protests at the soldier’s funeral.
I have to admit—this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Imagine placing your 20-year-old son into the ground while trying to block out the taunts of people who are thanking God for his death? Whatever you believe about the Iraq war, these actions are inexcusable. The Westboro Baptist Church claims that the deaths of soldiers are God’s judgment for America’s acceptance of homosexuality.
What really makes me cringe is when these kinds of things are done in the name of our God. When tactless lunatics muddy the name of Christ, we Christians need to be the most vocal in decrying their actions.
Thank God for dead soldiers? Thank God for a hefty court-ordered penalty that just might shut these folks up!
posted by Drew Dyck at 11:16 AM
3 Comments:
Amen!! and nuff said!!
A very interesting story...and darn right they got what the deserve. It is hard for me to think a group that calls themselves "Christian" can act the furthest from Christ.
As a member of a Southern Baptist church in Oklahoma, it makes me sick everytime I hear the name of this church in Kansas. I hope everyone knows that this so-called "Baptist" church is an independent church with no affiliation to any known Baptist denomination. As far as I'm concerned, they are a cult that has stolen the Baptist name.
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