Church agrees to not protest slain child's funeral - (Westboro Baptist)

[XanaDUer]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas church has decided to not protest at the funeral of a 9-year-old girl killed in a shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz.

Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka says church members will skip Thursday's funeral of Christina Taylor Green in Tucson.

Phelps-Roper says the church decided against the picket in exchange for airtime with 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, Canada, and an interview with KXXT-AM in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday morning.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011202545.html

[el_bryanto]

1. Hmmm, they are slightly less evil than I thought they were

Still pretty damn evil though.

Bryant

[XanaDUer]

2. I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day

they're still evil maniacs, tho.

[SoCalDem]

6. High gas prices coupled with a protest that might lead to flat tires & non-attendance

:evilgrin:

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Those things, and I suspect the passage of the law by AZ that protects funerals as well.

Speaking of broken clocks being right at least once or twice a day...........

I hope other state legislatures follow their example, just this one time.

[hobbit709]

5. They got what they wanted: Free publicity.

They're still evil

[Cid_B]

26. No negotiation... No deals....

Fuck Fred Phelps and his little clan...

[jeepnstein]

12. They're pure evil.

[mimitabby]

27. no they got what they wanted. they BARGAINED

for something sweeter. Makes me want to vomit.
creeps.

[fishwax]

3. what sick people

kudos to the radio station for giving them airtime.

[XanaDUer]

8. And sometimes it's best to allow people to hoist themselves

by their own petards, too.

They might also have been afraid of being shot or something. I predict that is coming down the pike for the WBC.

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Oh, so they had to be given airtime on a radio station in exchange, first?

Well, that's big of them.

[AspenRose]

7. This is a better deal

People who don't want to hear them can *click* turn them off.

Had they been allowed to picket, people attending the funeral would have seen them there.

[TwilightGardener]

9. They prefer local/regional tragedies--national tragedies bring too much focus and heat.

[gatorboy]

10. Fuck that.

I'm sick of people rewarding these fools for their behavior. It's like when they gave the damn car to the Koran burning preacher...

[XanaDUer]

11. Maybe the radio stations

did it to spare the little girl's family and friends from seeing them at the funeral.

[gatorboy]

15. But isn't that the problem we've been discussing the past several days?

That hatred in this country has too much of a voice? Now these clowns get to spout theirs across the airwaves for free.

[lumberjack_jeff]

14. What possible point could they have hoped to make by picketing her funeral?

Perhaps extorting airtime was their goal all along.

[hobbit709]

19. No point necessary. the only thing they want is publicity.

If they were ignored, they'd wither away.

[gatorboy]

21. Instead, they're given the airwaves to preach their message.

It only proves why conservatives act the way they do. Because eventually the hate gets rewarded in some way.

[Generic Other]

16. They chickened out pulling their usual stunts

For fear the authorities in Arizona would arrest them and take their kids.

[Vinnie From Indy]

17. Extortion - it's what's for dinner at Westboro!

[obxhead]

18. Must have run short on gas money and fix-a-flat. nt

[Javaman]

20. bargining with assholes. nt

[jwirr]

22. THEY decided? Last I heard the AZ legislature decided they would

not let them.

[madokie]

23. After Az made it illegal

I read earlier that vile brewer signed the law

[Zax2me]

24. I guess even the devil smiles once in awhile....

I still see a devil.

[bullwinkle428]

25. Read as "Church does not want to get curb-stomped in Arizona"

[KamaAina]

28. Doesn't KXXT have to broadcast its required monthly Emergency Alert System test on Saturday morning?

:P

[Arkansas Granny]

29. They cancelled that protest because they got some free airtime.

According to the same article: Phelps-Roper says the group will picket the Friday funeral of U.S. District Judge John Roll and at the intersection where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot.

[Nordmadr]

30. They cancelled because they realised they wouldn't make it

home if they didn't.