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I find this all kind of amusing. I've been following these assholes for years through their pickets and and escapades in bigotry. They even picketed my old community college because a pianist giving a performance there had AIDS (from a blood transfusion, if memory serves. He was straight). They all believe that god created AIDS as punishment for mankind. This same woman has appeared on TV many times before saying pretty much what she said in that Hannity and Colmes interview but somehow now it's all over the place. Where was everyone's outrage when they were picketing funerals of AIDS patients (gay or straight) or just outright bashing gay people? Where were all these talking heads when they went to Matthew Shepard's murder site to place a plaque that said that Shepard entered hell on such-and-such a day at that spot because he was gay (their site even has a counter telling you how many days he's been in hell)? But speak against the troops and the whole fucking country is in an uproar. Don't get me wrong...I think she and her whole congregation are certifiably insane and I don't agree with a single word out of her mouth, but why does one group deserve more consideration for our outrage than another?

The problem here is certainly Westboro, but it's bigger than that. It's the bible itself. Everyone has their own biblical interpretation and, ironically, if taken in a literal sense, Westboro's interpretation of the old testament is probably more accurate than most. God was pretty pissed in the old testament. Their crutch is, of course, the book of Leviticus...particularly chapter 18 verse 22. This is the crutch of anyone who hates gays on the basis of religion and is too fucking cowardly to just say they don't like gay folks. Someone needs to make a bible that cannot be open for debate. I mean the book is all about parables...ways to live a good life. I highly doubt much of it actually happened. I mean really...do you think god struck down Job with disease and boils just to prove a point? Doubtful...but it provides a great story on the basis of faith. Same goes for Samson, Noah, Moses, Cain & Able, Abraham, etc. If all of their stories are truth then they're all pretty much going to hell but god still casts his favor on them. Make sense? No. But I digress. Someone needs to stop the Phelps'. I don't care how. I'm sick of them and all their bullshit.