Sandy over at Southern Liberal Living has a funny article about Bristol Palin deciding to marry her baby’s daddy after all.

The only thing noteworthy from America’s biggest hypocrite family is selling the story to US Weekly magazine before telling her parents. Classy? No, but these are the Palins, so what do you expect?

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It gets uglier

There’s a new blog out there called Tea Party Jesus, the words of Christians in the mouth of Christ. The quote below is from a Baptist pastor named Jeff Owens:Now here’s a quote from the Bible:

 ”If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing…”

Let’s compare and contrast, shall we?

In my opinion, Westboro Baptist Church consists of some of the most despicable people on earth. If you haven’t heard of them, crawl out from under your rock and see what some people are doing in the name of God. These cretins protest at military funerals, screaming, “God hates fags,” and suggesting that soldiers die because of the United States’ support of gay rights. Meanwhile a grieving family attempts to bury their dead. They also protest at the funerals of victims of hate crimes.  Apparently, they hate everybody and can’t pass up a chance to make asses of themselves.

One of the good things that has come of all this is the art of the counter-protest.  There is a motorcycle group that also comes to the military funerals and makes sure their bikes drown out the shouting of the WBC.  Local LGBT’s and supporters come to the street protests and turn it into a dance party/ridiculous sign contest.

My questions: Where are the churches? Why aren’t entire congregations coming out to these counter-protests and reminding people that not everyone who follows God is filled with hate and vitriol? Also, how does the WBC support itself financially? The church mainly consists of one family but they seem to be able to travel all over the country. I would love for their financial records to be made public and see who is funding hatred.

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