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  1. Here in western Missouri, Fred Phelp's group is legendary for its local protests. In the past, these were limited almost entirely to activities related to what they saw as promoting homosexuality, such as protesting various speakers (as has happened at the university I teach at), or protesting the funerals of gay men and women. They also have done some picketing of abortion providers, but their main emphasis has always been anti-homosexuality. They are a small, but vocal, group that is denounced by many mainstream Christians. The sad thing is that they continue to get media coverage for their increasingly bizarre protests, including the latest. When I saw them on local TV protesting this man's funeral, I was sickened, to say the least. I felt the various veterans who'd come out for the funeral showed remarkable restraint as they confronted the group. Unfortunately, there is no reasoning with such demented interpretations of God and scripture (as any perusal of their website will show). While those who are targeted by the protests cannot help but confront them and counter their hate-filled rhetoric in some way, I think the press should ignore them, depriving them of the public forum they so clearly seek.
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