I appreciate that you support a better brand of Christianity then Phelps and his band of nutters.

I left the brief final report as a comment on my own post, but I’ll reproduce it here.

Went to go see Phreaky Phred. It’s raining, I’m hurting, but what the hell.

I have to park about a half mile from the protest, which is being held across the highway from the Beirut Memorial. ‘Bout half way up there, a cop has the road blocked and won’t let anyone through, even on foot.

He says he’s there to protect them and me, and their First Amendment rights and mine, and asks if I’m a protester. I tell him no, that I just wanted a few pics of the whack jobs.

He said, “Thanks for your compassion.” and sends me away. If I want to see them, I have to drive over to the Beirut Memorial and see them from the counter protest.

I drove over, but as I was arriving I could see there were only about five whackos screaming across the highway, and about forty or fifty counter protesters screaming back.

It didn’t look worth too much trouble, but since Montford Point cemetery is right next to the Memorial, I went and visited my Aunt Helen’s grave instead.

It’s interesting that all the outcry here in town is over the Phelps crew protesting at the Marine Corps base, and not over the message of hate they bring.

Phelps and co.: “God hates fags and America because it tolerates fags”

Public Outcry: “We support our troops! USA! USA! USA!”
Public Outcry: “P.S. God hates fags”