SJRod55 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 BBC News: A father and daughter from a US church which preaches hatred of homosexuals have been banned from entering the UK. Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) had urged protests against a play being put on in Hampshire. Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke is staging The Laramie Project, a play about a man killed for being gay. Mrs Phelps-Roper told BBC News Online the decision would "bring great wrath upon your heads". She warned other members of the church, who are not as well known to the authorities, will be trying to get into the UK to protest. "There are members of WBC that are not named Phelps," she added. "So they [the authorities] might have their work cut out for them. "Unless they intend to begin checking the bare backsides of every person coming into that country to find that tattoo that says 'Property of WBC' - they will have no way of identifying who is from WBC." She called the British government "filthy" for thinking they have the power "to keep the word of God from coming into her borders". The UK Border Agency said it opposed "extremism in all its forms". A spokesman added: "Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behaviour by inciting hatred against a number of communities. "We will continue to stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country. "The exclusions policy is targeted at all those who seek to stir up tension and provoke others to violence regardless of their origins and beliefs." [b]'Amazed and disturbed' [/b] The Westboro church's website advertised the picket which was set to take place on Friday, proclaiming: "In merry old England they plan to further enrage the living God by putting on the farce known commonly as The Laramie Project. "We will picket them, and see if they actually believe those lies they tell about how tolerant and accepting Brits are." Hampshire Police said they were aware of the planned protest and officers were monitoring the situation. [b]The church's pickets of military funerals have outraged Americans [/b] Stephen Sheedy, principal at Queen Mary's College, said: "I have been amazed and disturbed by what has happened this week. "The show is being put on by a production company, not by our students, but we support it fully and hope it goes ahead without any problems." He does not expect any picket by the Westboro church but thought the coverage could actually spark a counter protest against them. Members of the group - based in Topeka, Kansas - have denounced homosexuality for years and have in the past targeted the funerals of Aids victims. In 2007, the church was told to pay $10.9m (£5.2m) after its members cheered a soldier's death as "punishment" for US tolerance of homosexuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 haha at first i thought they meant the swimmer because of the weed. I was like wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChildForever Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1785971' date='Feb 19 2009, 10:10 PM']haha at first i thought they meant the swimmer because of the weed. I was like wow [/quote] Me too!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone _ Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 How does one go about immigrating to the WBC-free zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Like a blogger said, "I love how Fred Phelps is always condemming people to death when he looks like a corpse that's been kicking around for a few months." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1785977' date='Feb 19 2009, 11:14 PM']Me too!!!![/quote] you know what they say my dear ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemnantRules Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1785971' date='Feb 19 2009, 10:10 PM']haha at first i thought they meant the swimmer because of the weed. I was like wow [/quote] I was thinking the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='RemnantRules' post='1786128' date='Feb 20 2009, 12:39 AM']I was thinking the same [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle_eye222001 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 [quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1785971' date='Feb 19 2009, 10:10 PM']haha at first i thought they meant the swimmer because of the weed. I was like wow [/quote] [quote name='HisChildForever' post='1785977' date='Feb 19 2009, 10:14 PM']Me too!!!![/quote] [quote name='RemnantRules' post='1786128' date='Feb 19 2009, 11:39 PM']I was thinking the same [/quote] Wow. I would call that a misleading title. I guess I make it 4 for 4. ---------------- Listening to: [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/jack+johnson/track/upside+down"]Jack Johnson - Upside Down[/url] via [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/"]FoxyTunes[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let_go_let_God Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 5 for 5 God bless- LGLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 6 for 6, and was Joan of Arc really a Vulcan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChildForever Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Great minds think alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 7 for 7 ...and yeah, i'm happy to hear this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doe-jo Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 8 for 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone _ Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I knew which Phelps it was, but that guy gets my goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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