the disintegration of human decency

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God, apparently, is not about love, acceptance, salvation, and forgiveness. He allegedly pickets gay marriages and "laughs when fags die." Want to know what the hell I'm talking about? Homosexual discrimination. And, more specifically, the twisting of influential religious dogma to spread even more unnecessary and harmful propaganda. I came upon the Westboro Baptist Church page when I was surfing Hatewatch, which is an anti-discrimination page. It was indeed weird to see a church's homepage in the "Hate Online: Anti-Gay" section, though (unfortunately) not entirely surprising. Takes a lot to surprise a child of the 90's, hm? What it lacked in surprise factor, it made up for with hypocritical-soapbox-god-slinging shit. This site made me sick. In the upper left hand corner of the page, there is an ugly cartoon guy with nasty teeth and a "God Hates Fags" sign in his hand. Perpetuating the fear of hell through ugly artwork...interesting. To start off with, the site begins with a rambling diatribe of the good old fashioned fire-'n-brimstone approach to the ministry; a direct attack upon the gay lifestyle. "THE ONLY HOPE THAT HOMOSEXUALS HAVE IS TO HAVE THE UNAMBIGUOUS TRUTH PREACHED TO THEM, AND PERHAPS GOD WILL SOFTEN THEIR HEARTS AND GRANT THEM REPENTANCE TO DEPART FROM THEIR SIN AND NAME THE NAME OF CHRIST. " After long explanations concerning just exactly where gays are going post-humously, there are long and detailed biblical references which support their argument. I wanted to scream "it's sick fucks like you who make homosexuality something to be ashamed of! What are you afraid of?" The church considers it's page to be a "profound theological argument" though slightly "elliptical." I think "elliptical" might be a bit of a stretch. They have a section for the "Picketing Ministry" where you can find the protest nearest your location. These range from marches on the Washington DC mall to Matt Shepard's funeral and weddings. This was the part that really got me.