God Hates Fags church threatens to picket Basingstoke

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  1. Andrew Quick  13 Feb 2009, 1:00pm  Report
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    Oh dear. Wrong country to do this in.

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  2. AdrianT  13 Feb 2009, 1:19pm  Report
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    I thought this crazed in-bred freakshow had been bankrupted?
    Though seriously, I don’t think we have anything to worry about in the UK.

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  3. Edward in Los Angeles  13 Feb 2009, 1:30pm  Report
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    When you’re bankrupt in America, you don’t disappear, you end up spending the rest of your life on the talk show circuit. Why does the media give this man so much time? If they ignored him, he and his ugly family would just go away… but no!, let’s just keep talking him up so Phelps thinks he’s actually important and irreplaceable.

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  4. I agree with Edward in Los Angeles. Let them rant and ignore them. God must be dying of embarrassment over some of her fans.

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  5. they’d never get into the UK not after geerrt wilders was refused entry

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  6. Chris Lowry  13 Feb 2009, 2:17pm  Report
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    It seems quite obvious that they just hate anyone and anyone who isnt them… there list, LGBT people, muslims, Jews, Roman Catholics – just ridiculous.

    Although what they say is greatly offfensive i would like to think that people here in the UK have the sense to to take any notice of such morons!

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  7. Thank God For Imigration Controle

    (with regards to that picture, what on earth is I.E.D.s?)

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  8. I really hope that the Home Secretary is aware of this, and takes action to stop them entering the UK. Yes, they’re idiots, but if they get into the UK they’ll crow about it and think they can extend their poison outside the US.
    If they are let in, I hope people turn up in numbers to laugh at them – or, better still, someone turns up to section them all.

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  9. If ever there was proof they you shouldn’t try knock one out with your sister, this group is that proof.

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  10. And I meant to add that IEDs are ‘improvised explosive devices’. Nice, eh?

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  11. Thanks Iris. Plesing bunch I see. /sarcasm

    Part of me hopes they DO get through imigration, stage their little hissy-fit protest, and all get banged up for icitement of hatred.

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  12. J Mathews  13 Feb 2009, 2:41pm  Report
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    What on earth is a ‘Fag enabler’. Is it a handy device for lighting cigarettes??

    Like others have said, above, the best thing would be to allow these clowns into the UK, then get them banged up at her Majesty’s pleasure in say…the Barlinnie special unit. I’m sure they’d be made most welcome by the inmates

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  13. Notice how all the usual tiresome bunch of suspects have had to bite their tongues on this one, because they are busy speaking up in defence of a Dutch racist’s right to speak his mind – so making their usual demands for this bunch of freaks to be banned would show them all up as the sad two-faced hypocrites they really are :)

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  14. I have to say if anyone encouraged me to commit physical violence against others it would be these people. They are vile, small minded, bigoted, racist, disgusting waste of human flesh.

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  15. Rory love, do you need to have another spoonful of the Ticksey Lics, you seem to be getting quite heated about liberals? Phelps and his kin have a Constitutional right to rant and rave, they are their own best possible advocates of the reason why they are more to be pitied than anything else sometimes. Phelps senior is crazy and his “lawyer” daughter thinks that calling people “poopy pants” is a reasonable repost to their detractors of which she and her family have many. They have no concept of any other point of view except their own and they have no regard for the hurt or the harm they do to others either, for that they are not to be pitied but justly condemned. Just kidding about the Ticksey Lics by the way Rory you carry on it’s your right to free speech and we stick up for you on that.

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  16. God hates fags, eh? Surely he must hate the inbred and terminally dense much, much more?

    After all – we fags have way better dress sense….. ;)

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  17. I woudn’t be suprised if they managed to get into the country even though they are going to cause public distress and anger. It seems that the government only bans apparantly racist people but not clerics and reggea artists that call for the death of all lgbt. I don’t understand why they banned the dutch mp from entering the uk. His film does not incite hatred towards islam it just states the facts about some verses.

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  18. Pete & Michael  13 Feb 2009, 3:29pm  Report
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    Let’s hope they will be stopped entering the UK at Immigration Control, although it is against our British laws to incite hatred against other minority groups, and we suspect that their interference will be regarded as public order offences. The Police should uphold the law.

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  19. Simon Murphy  13 Feb 2009, 3:45pm  Report
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    That family practices incest don’t they? They certainly look inbred.

    They should be allowed in of course but in light of the moratorium on freedom of speech thanks to the Wilders case it seems unlikely

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  20. Matthew Shepard? How many straight children have been molested and murdered by homosexuals like you? A lot. How many Christians have been assaulted by homosexuals like you because you didn’t like the way they voted? A lot. How many Christian churches have been burned down by homosexuals like you because you disagree with the Holy Bible? A lot. Matthew Shepard is in eternal hell fire now and will never get out.
    Whatever you think, you will not be able to change God’s Word and will one day have to pay the price for not believing what God has written.
    Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

    Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

    Romans 1:22-27

    V22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, V23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

    V24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

    V25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    V26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    V27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life.

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  21. Dennis Hambridge  13 Feb 2009, 4:14pm  Report
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    On behalf of the Gay Activists Alliance intl, we welcome the hypercritics to the UK, so we can hit them with a counter demonstration, Jaqui Smith is bound to let them in to the UK as they are homophobic just like her and an “Interrelated” British Government.

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  22. PCG, Germany  13 Feb 2009, 4:29pm  Report
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    This is a “Banned to the UK Race” I think I am going to join as well, let’s see gets banned at last*.

    *one has to fight for the last position, the first had already been taken.

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  23. Good, let them come and they will be swiftly arrested under incitement to hatred legislation before they get to ruin the funeral. They will be used to freedom of speech protection in the US and will finally get what the deserve if they come here.

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  24. Vulpus_rex  13 Feb 2009, 5:13pm  Report
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    I don’t think these people should be prevented from coming over here but I do believe in the principle of applying the law equally.

    If our over-promoted, Brown toadying, expense system manipulating Home Secretary is going to stop people at the border for allegedly inciting hatred of a particular minority she could at least be consistent about it.

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  25. To Rev Ronald Spitz, it seems quite clear that you are in a lot of personal pain regarding who you are as a human being; you may wish to consider why you are on a gay website trying to incite hatred towards other good and decent human beings who you do not even know. The scriptures you refer to were written by man in a time far from that which we live in. I hope you can find peace for yourself, otherwise you will find you have wasted your life trying to hurt people because of a fallacy you have brain washed yourself into believing. May god save your soul.

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  26. J Geetas  13 Feb 2009, 5:28pm  Report
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    Its God Hates FIGS
    He has it all wrong.
    Not surprising, not much up top with Mrss Phelps

    Psalms 105:33
    “He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.”

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  27. AndySam  13 Feb 2009, 5:33pm  Report
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    I ‘spitz’ on the views expressed by Rev Donald Spitz – what a load of hateful crap ….. where’s the “Judge not that ye shall not be judged”; the “Love thy neighbour!”. Perhaps Donald, you should read Roman 1 v22 yourself and repent being a hateful fool!!
    I don’t hate you, I don’t even scorn you … I just pity you!

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  28. this is not going to be well received here in europe – our rocks are bigger here !!!!! carefull they are coming from behind ???

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  29. J Geetas  13 Feb 2009, 5:44pm  Report
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    “How many straight children have been molested and murdered by homosexuals like you? A lot.
    How many Christians have been assaulted by homosexuals like you because you didn’t like the way they voted? A lot.
    How many Christian churches have been burned down by homosexuals like you because you disagree with the Holy Bible? A lot.
    Matthew Shepard is in eternal hell fire now and will never get out.”

    He obviously live in a different world – where does Spitz (anything but reverend) get this stuff from??

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  30. I really enjoyed the rant from Donny Spits apart from the wonky donkey reasoning which is only to be expected, the usual selective presentation of history renders the entire posting thing farcial. Can we just mention the countless millions that have been subjected to slaughter, torture, enslavement, etc all because of the demented power, money, crazed followers of the god of “love”. Hard though it is for you to accept Donny, there are lots of us who think your religion is really repulsive.

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  31. The only God these sickos know, are death and destruction, which means their real god is the devil.

    These freaks are devil worshipers, and only believe in death and destruction.

    This isn’t a church; they need to lose their non-profit status.

    These rejects from truth and love; need to bathe in love, respect of others, and learning to get along with all people.

    Otherwise, they need to be picketed, like they do others.

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  32. Pete & Michael  13 Feb 2009, 5:59pm  Report
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    man made god and has made a lot of money out of it,one only has to look at the catholics in Italy making billions of Euros out of a kindled ‘story’. Anyway, how many children are killed and abused by hetrosexual ‘men’.

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  33. J Geetas  13 Feb 2009, 5:59pm  Report
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    Imagine when you get to “their heaven”, you will be in the company of Phelps and Spitz and the like.
    Should be a lot of fun hanging out with these guys for an eternity?

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  34. There is a major difference between the Dutch politican turned away yesterday and this bunch of supernatural-believing crazies from Yankee-land. The first case, we have a man who has merely demonstrated in a film how evil verses from The Koran have been responsible for atrocities perpetrated by Muslims. In the second case, we have a bunch of irrational supernatural-believing crazies who, like fundamentalist Muslims, feel they must interpret evil verses from The Bible. Since Jacqui Smith turned away the man who has demonstrated the evil power of The Koran, she must now also turn away those who demonstrated the evil power of The Bible.

    There are a lot of people posting here with the thought that they HOPE that Jacqui Smith will turn these people away. Surely we should do more than PASSIVELY sit back and HOPE, as the Jews HOPED before they were carted off to the gas chambers! We need to start creating absolutely bloody stink against these crazies so that there will be absolutely no chance of them being allowed into this country!

    How do we do it? Who is going to get the petition going?

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  35. triffie  13 Feb 2009, 6:42pm  Report
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    You have to laugh, don’t you!

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  36. J Geetas  13 Feb 2009, 7:18pm  Report
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    I agree with Eddy.
    It’s no good just moaning here.
    We have to do other things as well.
    My email has already gone off to Ms Smith.
    Will there be a counter deomonstration if they/he is allowed to enter the UK for his stated picket and make no mistake he could be?
    Dog collars can open many doors.

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  37. Who gives a steaming pile of shite what god hates? Such a person/thing doesn’t even exist. It’s about as relevant as saying Rupert the Bear hates marmite.

    It’s amazing that somebody can make it their life’s mission to spread hate across the world, have the audacity to call themselves “Reverend”, and then expect that they will gain entrance into some fairy cloud paradise only reserved for good people called heaven.

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  38. Interesting to note that the word ‘England’ are often mentioned in the article. Does this mean Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland will be spared from the nutters’ rantings?

    If the Dutch MP Geert Wilders was recently refused from entering the UK (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7886237.stm) then I see no reason why the Home Office should be able to ban members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the UK.

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  39. In reference to Rev. Spitz, I have only one response, but the President in the West Wing words it far more eloquently than I ever could, and so I bring you this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD52OlkKfNs

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  40. To Simon Murphy who posted this filth: “Matthew Shepard? How many straight children have been molested and murdered by homosexuals like you? A lot. How many Christians have been assaulted by homosexuals like you because you didn’t like the way they voted? A lot. How many Christian churches have been burned down by homosexuals like you because you disagree with the Holy Bible? A lot. Matthew Shepard is in eternal hell fire now and will never get out.
    Whatever you think, you will not be able to change God’s Word and will one day have to pay the price for not believing what God has written.”

    You bigots have innocent BLOOD on your hands – with every bit of hate speech you post, every hateful program on TV, every hate and violence inciting newspaper article, you dip your hands in more.

    You and yours disgust me as you disgust anyone with a sense of justice, fairness and more than two braincells – and it seems you lent your other one to your cousins over at the God Hates Fags group.

    If there is a God it is you and those like you who will languish in a nice hot tar pit with Satan’s pitch-fork in an uncomfortable spot. For you have made yourselves judge, jury and executioner. Who the **** died and made you god?

    My answer to your rant?

    NOT NEARLY ENOUGH

    May you all reap what you sow.

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  41. Daniel Tait  13 Feb 2009, 8:34pm  Report
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    Hey there. I am an actor in the Laramie Project which is scheduled to be picketed at on the 20th of February. There will be a high police profile, and I am going to make use of my wrench which is a prop of mine in the play.

    This is great publicity for our play, and we’re welcoming these people because of that.

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  42. John Clark  13 Feb 2009, 8:55pm  Report
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    I doubt that the WBC will picket at all, they are cowards who “hide” behind the 1st Amendment and their “spurious” church.
    The WBC has often “posted” intended pickets to incite publicity, then never “carried out” their threat….

    One thing…
    I would challenge Phelps Snr, to face me and state “Your Queen Is A Whore”.

    I will challenge you in the “Field of Honour”, Sir; if you have any!

    Please visit the UK, where you’re filth is not welcome; and see your recption. My gauntlet is ready to slap your face Mr. Phelps.

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  43. Peter Martin  13 Feb 2009, 8:58pm  Report
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    Hello Daniel, I am the coordinator of B PROUD who have protested throuhout the day to raise awareness of your Chief Constable amongst others asking them what actions they are taking.

    B PROUD is a voluntary led organisation who support LGBT &I people particularly those who have been secondary victimized through hate. Feel free to view our facebook page where further information and contact details are posted. We were pleased to speak with your press officer at central studio today and raise their awareness. Look forward to seeing you next Friday; regards, Peter Martin, Project Director B PROUD

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  44. It seems vanishingly unlikely that they are actually going to turn up – and given that the Laramie Project has been shown all over the UK as a play and a film, it’s a bit curious that they are getting het up about what’s happening in Basingstoke. Basingstoke! Has it become the beating heart of all that’s swishy and hip without me noticing? But good luck to the cast, and delighted that Westboro mentalist church is helping you put bums on seats… I really love that play.

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  45. Oh great. That lot again.

    Basingstoke? They’re even more stupid than I thought (and that’s saying something).

    Still, if they turn up there they’ll at least have to face the local chavs. That should make for quite a spectacle, I expect.

    The local re-enactors (who are well used to scaring off the local chavs, on account of they know how to use steel weapons and the chavs don’t) probably won’t even have to turn out, though I’m sure they’ll be quite content to jeer at them in “Olde Inglish” (or German: one of the groups is Hussite) from the comfort of the nearest pub (IIRC it’s The Litten Tree; 50 yds up the road from the theatre)

    “A Pox on Westboro”. Let’s see them stick that in their self-righteousness and smoke it…

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  46. Oh great. That lot again.

    Basingstoke? They’re even more stupid than I thought (and that’s saying something).

    Still, if they turn up there* they’ll at least have to face the local chavs.
    That should make for quite a spectacle, I expect.

    The local re-enactors (who are well used to scaring off the local chavs, on account of they know how to use steel weapons and the chavs don’t) probably won’t even have to turn out, though I’m sure they’ll be quite content to jeer at them in “Olde Inglish” (or German: one of the groups is Hussite) from the comfort of the nearest pub (IIRC it’s The Litten Tree; 50 yds up the road from the theatre)

    “A Pox on Westboro”. Let’s see them stick that in their self-righteousness and smoke it,.

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  47. Flapjack  13 Feb 2009, 9:36pm  Report
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    Bring it on… I think Westboro will find that us Brits are a lot less tolerant of their tiresome shenanigans than our cousins across the pond.
    They may just find their heartwarming picket signs inserted where the sun never shines

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  48. Peter Martin  13 Feb 2009, 9:57pm  Report
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    I forgot to say earlier,

    Gays Hate Phelts!

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  49. Pink News, please do us all a favor and stop feeding these bigots the publicity they thrive on. I’m sure there’s no site they’d rather be reported on than a gay news site, where their activities are most likely to enrage the largest portion of readers.

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  50. please join a facebook group Down with Westboro Baptist Church.
    ill be watching the play next Friday and do not believe for one second that they will turn up to picket.

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  51. Dear “Rev” Donald Spits [sic]: you say “How many Christian churches have been burned down by homosexuals like you because you disagree with the Holy Bible? A lot.” Have you even a scintilla of evidence to support that cheap bigotry?

    No, thought not …

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  52. It must be quite sad to be so eaten up with hatred that you’d travel to another country to spout your tragic bile; but I can’t feel more than casually sorry for these ghastly people. But they really should stick to their hillbilly practices and stick to abusing each other – in the long term it’s better in terms of damage limitation.

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  53. wossname  13 Feb 2009, 11:05pm  Report
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    Daniel, you use your wrench on anything but the play and ol bill will arrest you.
    But Basingstoke? Anyone been to Basingstoke? The phelps are welcome to it.

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  54. wossname  13 Feb 2009, 11:14pm  Report
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    No, let’s not show the phelps, or the dail mail or stephen green how intolerant we are. That’s exactly what they want. Give them the ammunition and they will use it for ever. Protest peacefully and the country is on our side, depriving these twats of what they seek. Publicity. Their campaign is obviously not working over there so they are turning their sights to other targets. If you want to protest, IF they manage to find an airline willing to transport them, IF UK customs let them in, IF the Surrey Police allow them to protest, then make it a carnival, make it fun. It may not impress the phelps much but everyone else will see how we respond to the bigots.

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  55. I seem to recall that they threatened to come and protest the same play a few years ago in this country. OutRage showed up to counter-protest and everything – but no WBC! So I think they’ll probably talk a big talk and then not show up again. In the meantime, there’s about eight of them, and they’re probably not worth the attention they get.

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  56. I am apart of this play and i read this website often.
    To see this event has created this amount of coverage is fantastic.
    And everyone in is even more determined to make this a fantastic event apart of LGBT History month.

    You must remember that they are here to spread hate.
    Something we all very much disagree with.
    If you do come to see the fantastic and very moving story of Matthew Shepard please do not give them the attention they want.
    If they do turn up, please ignore them on your way in to the play.
    Show them we can be better and, basically, more Mature than them.

    Thank You pink news for covering this story.

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  57. I am apart of the cast of this Play.
    And follow this website alot.
    Me and the entire cast are frankly amazed by the passion and focus this has picket notice has created.

    We believe it is of minimal threat to us, and that it is unlikely that they travel over to picket the event.
    However, if they do we wish to remind you that they are here to spread hate.
    Something we as LGBT people and many people do not see as a good value.

    If you do come to see the fantastic and moving story that is the Laramie Project, performed by members and friends of the Freedom Youth project please do not give them the attenton you want.

    Please ignore them on your way in and be, at the end of the day, mature by not respodning to their hateful opinions.

    We hope to see you there.

    Thank you Pink News for covering this story.

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  58. I also meant to add, those wishing to see the play can find all the info at these links

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112748595290&ref=ts

    http://www.centralstudio.co.uk/index.html

    Thanks

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  59. You are entitled to your opinion, but I actually completely disagree with you, Jamie. The last thing I will be doing on my way in is ignoring them. Such vile specimens will be treated with nothing but contempt and hatred from me: it’s the least I can do in return.

    I refuse to smile politely and shuffle along quietly at such injustice. We have a Dutch MP banned from entering the country because we don’t like a film he made, but these bile-spewing hickies are allowed to incite hatred on our very streets?!

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  60. P.S. A couple of corrections to other commentators: (1) Basingstoke is in Hampshire, not Surrey and (2) despite the pre-conceptions, Basingstoke is not “full of chavs”. Granted, there are plenty of them ;-) but I don’t imagine any of them will be interested in attending a performance of anything.

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  61. wossname  14 Feb 2009, 12:50am  Report
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    Yeah, I meant Hampshire… :-)

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  62. John Lester  14 Feb 2009, 2:05am  Report
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    I live in Kansas City. We are used to them. They are agents provocateur. They love the outrage. The only thing that would stop them would be something that did them harm.

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  63. Artemis  14 Feb 2009, 7:00am  Report
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    They wanna see a picket? Fine. Let’s show them we don’t want hate speech here by holding a picket so massive that our collective breathing drowns the noise of their screaming hatred. Then let them put their tails between their legs and sprint for Heathrow before the pitchfork mob has their way with them…

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  64. Abi Chrisopher  14 Feb 2009, 9:57am  Report
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    I am having a meeting with my MP in one hour it looks like I have just changed what I will be talking to her about now.

    Britan hates Westboro Baptist Church and Rev Fred Phelps. Keep them out of the UK.

    Westboro Baptist Church and Rev Fred Phelps goto hell.

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  65. Peter MARTIN  14 Feb 2009, 11:50am  Report
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    Hello Simon, Daniel. I read with interest the difference in your comments, I have been working to raise the awareness of this threat since it came to my attention a few days ago now, including contacting the press officer at Central Studios, circulating a request amonst the LGBT national networks to contact the Chief Constable of Hampshire and; ask what the constabulary intend to (DO)?

    The reason for this is; nothing to do with the Phelps, WBC or whether they are entitled to free speech! The bigger picture here is, as citizens of the UK whom as a majority have been ignorded by our public authorities, banished, bruised and bullied for who we are (not what we are), they now through recent changes in legislation have a DUTY to protect, serve and; ensure HOMOPHOBIC HATRED, INCITEMENT or FEAR OF CRIME for LGB (Transgender & Intersexed people are covered under specific acts) individuals how ever you describe yourself or whether or not you hide behind yourself is adhered to appropriately. As the agency (and Chief Officer) working across the UK; I deal with case after case for people who have been secondary Victimized (Assoc of Chief Police Officers Guidance on Homophobia section 2) by those who duty it is to protect.

    Regardless of whether WBC & the Phelps do come to the UK, the bigger question here is: How will the authorities guided by the government deal with this issue, will the try to sweep it under the carpet and ask us to ‘be quiet in our protest’ to stop press coverage allowing them to claim a ‘peaceful victory’ as I was advised the action should be by my local officer for the Commission for Human Rights suggested yesterday! Or do they honestly act fairly?

    This is absolute wonderful press for your play and will no doubt raise your profiles, Mr Blessed’s Agent informed me yesterday he is aware of this issue; who better to support your portfolio than a member of the Equity royalty! I have no doubt your instructions from the local area commander (who called me at 09.15 this morning but didn’t leave a complete message) has informed the manager at Central Stuido’s to call for calm and a ‘professional approach’. Regardless the real fact is – as requested ‘What are the authorities who we pay (in the Eastern Regiona £140,000,000.00) was paid in coucil tax in 2008) to serve and protect us as they do other equaity groups, such as Race, Disabled, Faith, Age and Gender!

    Can I also add, as a person who comes from the Travelling community, I find the use negative use of the word ‘Chav’ hurtfull, our community use this word in a loving term to referr to our young children and family members, those we love and protect.

    Warmest regards,

    Peter MARTIN
    Project Director
    B PROUD – Bedfordshire

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  66. I think this is wonderful news. I have a pair of size 11 workie boots with steel toe-caps. I never thought I’d get the opportunity…

    Praise the Lord! :D

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  67. AdrianT  14 Feb 2009, 3:01pm  Report
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    Well said Simon above. And by the way, there is no way in the world hate speech enablers like the Phelps sect would be allowed in the country and no, we don’t ‘turn the other cheek’ (a stupid philosophy, from some eccentric preacher in palestine I think, glad we didn’t on 9/11) and ignore our enemies. So, please Jamie, don’t do that in my name, I’m not letting you.

    We fight them, and tell them what we think of them. In an case it will come to nothing, believe me. The will not be there so don’t worry.

    PS Shame on ‘Rory’ – Geert Wilders attacked nobody, he criticised a book. Brown and his cowards caved in because they daren’t say anything to offend crazed murderous fanatics. I never heard Wilders, or any cartoonists threated to blow a train load of people up in the name of their non-belief….

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  68. Does anyome have the woman’s number (shirley)? I would love to call her and tell her what I’m about to tell you now.
    that these people are picket-idolators, they worship and hail these pickets. There hearts are made of cardboard- just like there pickets, they have fallen slaves to those pickets and NOTHING will pull them out of it.
    Ther are murder-enablers, rape-enablers, violence-enablers and Terrorist-enablers. They should be given capital punishment for praising the wickedness of those evil murderers but the world is stupid not to realise covering it up with “freedom of speech”.

    Murder-enabling is NOT freedom of speech.

    And they are NOT prophets JUST Liars :)

    and there u have it!

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  69. Can someone please give me there phone number? I would love to speak to shirley and tell her what I’m about to tell you.

    The WBC are picket-idolaters, they worship and hail their pickets.
    There hearts have become as weak as a cardboard- just like their pickets! There is NOTHING one can do to change that as they have fallen deep into this soul-damning pit.

    They are also murder-enablers, violence-enablers, rape-enablers and terrorist-enablers and that is most certainly not freedom of speech. They deserve the capital punishment just as much as the next murderer.

    They are NOT PROPHETS, JUST LIARS.

    Their pickets (aka their god) will not threaen us

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  70. I’ll be very surprised indeed if the WBC even make it to the airport in America to fly here. I don’t think they have any intention of showing. And why have they suddenly jolted into action about The Laramie Project – it has been playing for quite some time – on and off – here in the UK.

    A PLEA – PLEASE CHANGE THE BACKGROUND COLOUR BACK TO WHITE – THIS DARK GREY BACKGROUND MAKES THE POSTS DIFFICULT TO READ .

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  71. Fell free to beat the crap out of these idiots.

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  72. Har Davids  14 Feb 2009, 10:21pm  Report
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    Last week a country-man of mine, Geert Wilders, was not allowed into the UK because he might upset some Muslim basket-cases. I wonder what the British government will do when these bigots come knocking.

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  73. Nancy B  15 Feb 2009, 3:07am  Report
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    Hi All
    Ummm here we go again with this ignorant people that uses Gods’s Name to do gay and lesbian bashing please God loves all of us no matter who we are we are still in gOd;s eye his children so people who are so closed minded please before you point finger at someone else you all need to look back at yourself and your family history and open your heart and your soul and think things right…we are still the same as you and we still work hard as you and pay taxes to government …so we deserve the same rights and same love..whate matter is that we love each other it dont matter what sex we are..remember god is so great he dont judge noone its you all ignorant and selfish people that uses bible and god’s name to say all the wrong things you will be the first one that will have to face god and will have to explain why you all are so hatred he didnt creat humans to be so hateful it is the society that brain wash close minded people to say all the garbage’s…I forgive you all for using God’s name and getting your kids involved omg what are you teaching your children hatred its time you all need to wake up
    God Bless you all
    Nancy B
    S Cali

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  74. Can somebody get Nancy B some punctuation? And a copy of The God Delusion…

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  75. Brian Burton  15 Feb 2009, 4:44pm  Report
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    I gave up fags a long time ago because of the connection with cancer. So kick God hates bregade in the pants and send them home.
    (Is PINK NEWS scraping the bottom of the barrel here?)

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  76. Sean Fleming  15 Feb 2009, 5:37pm  Report
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    Yo! search facebook for the group ‘prevent the westboro baptist church landing in the uk’, join if you wish and invite your friends!!!
    lets send the message we should!

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  77. Sean Fleming  15 Feb 2009, 5:45pm  Report
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    Yo!
    search Facebook for a group called ‘prevent the westboro baptist church landing in the uk’ – join it, invite your friends!
    lets send these vile people that they picked the wrong country!
    Thankyou

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  78. IVAN GUMILEV  15 Feb 2009, 7:47pm  Report
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    People, I mean every person in the world, have right to free speech.

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  79. IVAN GUMILEV  15 Feb 2009, 7:56pm  Report
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    Jay, you think its OK call people idiots, even you never speak with these people, including small children? Where is your humanist’ mind, by the way?… I have sorry for you. You sound like a fascist, unfortunately.

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  80. AdrianT  15 Feb 2009, 8:45pm  Report
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    No they do not Ivan. Hate speech, as a form of intimidation and harassment is unlawful. And really, how perverse of you to defend their free speech, and then get worked up about calling these freaks ‘idiots’…. well, it’s free speech or it isn’t. Stupid boy.

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  81. I suspect Phelps behaves in such a way as he’s over compensating for his own homosexual curiosity which he’s unable to reconcile with a religious upbringing.

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  82. I suspect Phelps is over compensating for his own secret and deep rooted homosexual feelings which can’t reconcile with a religous upbringing.

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  83. Oi Spitz – you asked the question How many straight children have been molested and murdered by homosexuals – I am sure there have been a damned site more been molested by Catholic priests and yet you seem to let them get away with it without an repercussions. I say ban catholasisms!

    By the way – being a homosexual does NOT make you a paedophile although you being someone who believes the writings in a book of fiction might not have known that.

    I also hope that you are not married, wear man made fabric, allow women into your church, do ANY work on a Sunday, make regular animal sacrifies, etc., etc as these are also referred to in the old testiment and if are/are not doing these then you will of course be joining us in hell.

    One final point – why should I be victimised by a religious group that I do not recognise (yes thats right, shock and horror I do not believe in a creator god!)

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  84. i have read every comment and i find it great that there is so much support. i also do come to think if they went to oh lets say Iran or Irac and protested about what they are saying about the muslim faith would they be using there return tickets? i would love to see un uprising to picket there picket! see how they get on! i think “FAGS” ans well as the general siners they talk about would join forces agenst them. also if they come over and say things like this about HRH Queen Elizabeth II could this not be conciderd as treason? im also a bit disturber that there has been no ban to stop them from entering our country by the queen or her government! these people should stick to there own country! if they come over here as alot have said we should revoult agenst them!

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  85. I hope they ban them from entering the UK the same as they have banned the anti Islam Dutch Minister. What is source for the goose is source for the gander.

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  86. http://www.lgf.org.uk/news/975/590/Homophobic-Church-to-demonstrate-in-England/

    Queer Youth Network have today pledged to stop Fred Phelps from entering Britain.

    The Network’s campaign officer, Jack Holroyde, has said that: “allowing these people entry into the UK would send a very clear message to bigots – that this country tolerates hatred against people based on their sexuality or gender preference. This is not an option.”

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  87. Andy Crockett  16 Feb 2009, 7:29pm  Report
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    Jesus said you will know a tree by its fruit – freddie phelps, westbro, the irreverent spitz & army of god mob, & stephen green – all ooze the bile of hatred out of every pore. They are not of God. They show by their acid tongues their contempt for God & the Bible

    *****

    All this repressed homosexuality, you need to deal with it and loose the hatred darlings!!!

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  88. Andy Crockett  16 Feb 2009, 7:34pm  Report
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    lose not loose! loose with the hatred is what the saddo hatemongers are doing already!!

    WWJD – What Would Jesus Do? I don’t think he’d be going around spreading hatred, picketing funerals, celebrating murder

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  89. Lyall McCaul  17 Feb 2009, 2:55am  Report
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    I think these people are good for Gay Rights. Think about it, what better way to make homophobes look silly than letting the world see this example of it? People will see them with their ‘God Hates Fags’ signs, and think…do I want to be associated with that?

    And what is their beef with cigarettes anyway? Anybody would think God has lung cancer! ^.^

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  90. Flapjack  17 Feb 2009, 10:38am  Report
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    Lyall – you make a good point and I can see what you’re driving at. However, the Phelps clan have a habit of screwing up other people’s private funerals. To let them get away with that just to put off a few bigots is a bit of a moral sticky wicket.

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  91. How horrible! On the other hand, being protested by those evil Westboro cretins is actually something one could wear as a stamp of pride – if someone evil hates you, you must be doing something very right!

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  92. this is really the wrong country to do this in. they will be going home in a match box:/

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  93. graham  3 Feb 2010, 9:59pm  Report
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    well i first heard about this so calld group when i watchd an episode of jermmy kyle on tv and was appolled to hear what they had to say to a mother who lost her son in iraq war it was just so digusting how can they protest outside milletery bases and protesting at the graves of youn american men and woman graves how dissrespectfull can you be i have had and lost many freinds since my deployment to iraq and afghanistan i fully stand by what i beleave in and i love fighting for my countery along side my allies some of the ppl that these so calld god belevaer,s have dissrespected i have fought alongside and these brave men and woman died for there country so that this group could drag there lifes threw the miud they where fighting for our freedom and because for what they beleaved in i am a marine sniper currentley deployd in iraq and i just find it horrible what they are doing personally if anybdy is going to hell i beleave it is the leadrers of this group they need to stop what theya are doing and realise that it is wrong ….. graham scotland .

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