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When I think of "stupid, inbred tools", I immediately think of the fine folks over at the Westboro Baptist Church. In case that isn't ringing any bells with you - those are the upstanding Christians who love to protest soldiers' funerals, hate homosexuals, corduroy and say pretty much everyone except for them is going to Hell.

I'm okay with anyone believing whatever they want to believe, however insane and misguided it may be. I take exception when people attack other people with their beliefs as the only correct beliefs or when there is just a level of hypocrisy I can't turn away from. And the Westboro Baptist Church is a crew of hypocrites.

Check out this article from WebProNews:
If you aren’t familiar with Westboro Baptist Church, they are a fringe organization from Topeka, Kansas that travel around the country protesting high profile funerals of fallen American soldiers and celebrities.

The membership is small – 71 members as reported in 2007 – but they are widely known due to their unorthodox and outspoken positions on homosexuality and calls for God to destroy America.

You might know them as the “God Hates Fags” people (that’s the title of their official website), and you might have seen them at funerals and other events holding signs that read, “You’re Going to Hell,” “God Hates America,” “America is Doomed,” and “Thank God For Fallen Soldiers.” I don’t really want to try to summarize their beliefs in a succinct statement, but if I had to, I would say that they espouse that our culture is wicked, and God hates it, and that his punishment for homosexuality and other “Godlessness” is Hell.

Members of the group have even said that their goal with all the protests is to spread “God’s hate.” Lovely. I’m sure you can see why they are quite the controversial group.

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