July 31, 2009

Kansas D.A. Frank Campbell Refuses to Prosecute 17-Year-Old’s Rape, Then “Shows Around” Photos of Girl’s Assault

H/T to Renegade Evolution

D.A. Showed Around Photos of Girl’s Sexual Assault, Family Says

A county attorney in Kansas violated a girl’s privacy by showing around photos of her sexual assault, the teen and her mother claim in Topeka Federal Court. The Anderson County Attorney refused to prosecute the assailant, but showed other parents photos of the sexual assault, and was suspended from practicing law for 6 months for it, the family says.

The parents say their 17-year-old daughter attended an outdoor party in May 2007, where four men or boys forced her to take off her clothes. One of them had sex with her in the bed of a truck, despite her repeated pleas for him to stop, while others took photos of it, according to the complaint. …

Suspended? We’d like to see him disbarred.

More disgusting details at the link.

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June 3, 2009

Tiller Murder: Pat Robertson, You Helped This Happen

Ronald Brock’s “Truth Truck” targeting Dr. George Tiller

“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way — all of them who have tried to secularize America — I point the finger in their face and say: ‘You helped this happen.’”

— Jerry Falwell, on the cause of the September 11th attacks, to which Pat Robertson replied: “Well, I totally concur.” (”700 Club,” September 13, 2001)

Well, Pat, regarding the assassination of Dr. George Tiller three days ago: I really believe that you helped this happen.

And I’m not speaking figuratively, but literally.

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June 2, 2009

Former Southern Baptist Convention 2nd VP Prayed for, Now Celebrates George Tiller’s Murder

“I, for one, am a happy camper.”

— Wiley Drake, on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller

Yeah, these anti-abortion extremists are really way out there on the fringe, aren’t they?

No, they’re not.

You and I might think of the Southern Baptist Convention as the far-right fringe, but the truth is, the SBC is about as mainstream (albeit ridiculously* conservative) as a Protestant denomination can get.

And here’s what Wiley Drake, the SBC’s former number-two, number-two man, has to say about the assassination of Dr. George Tiller:

“I am glad George Tiller is dead.”

Yes, it gets worse.

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January 6, 2009

Gotta Love Them Traditional Family Values: Kansas Couple Fails to Report Disappearance of 11-Year-Old Son… For Ten Years

It’s stories like this that test my pacifism; I’m fighting back the urge to suggest public horsewhipping — for starters — for these sorry excuses for “parents”:

Long-missing boy is subject of search

He came to his foster parents when he was about 2, according to a relative, and a few years later that family adopted him.

And then, nearly 10 years ago, the boy disappeared when he was 11 or 12, while the adoptive family lived at a mobile home park in Towanda, Kan.

After receiving a tip, Butler County authorities searched part of the mobile home park last week.

Sheriff Craig Murphy has not confirmed the boy’s name but said no one ever reported him missing and investigators could find no evidence that the boy is alive. …

On Saturday, an attorney for Adam’s adoptive parents said that he ran away about nine years ago, that they didn’t report it and that they feel “horribly guilty” for not doing so.

“And they’ve been feeling that guilt for nine years,” Wichita attorney Warner Eisenbise said.

Eisenbise said Adam had psychological problems, was difficult to control and had run away repeatedly.

“They assumed that he was somewhere — either a homeless person or back with members of his family,” Eisenbise said. “They assumed that he was OK.” …

More at the link. And here’s an aged depiction of what Adam might look like today.

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August 3, 2008

God’s Aim Slightly Off; Fire Only Hits Garage of Westboro Baptist Church

Flames engulf Phelps garage

Members of the Phelps family awoke to flames early Saturday.

Topeka firefighters were dispatched to Westboro Baptist Church, 3701 S.W. 12th St., at 1:05 a.m. A fence and garage were engulfed in flames. …

Topeka fire marshal Greg Bailey said Saturday afternoon the cause of the fire hadn’t been determined. Bailey said it didn’t appear that accelerants were used to ignite the fire, but that the blaze remained under investigation. …

Fire investigators said the flames originated outside the detached garage, near two large trash can totes. The fire destroyed both cans and their contents as flames spread to the exterior of the garage and an adjacent privacy fence, Bailey said. …

Firefighters removed several of the Phelpses’ anti-homosexual picketing signs from the garage as family members and neighbors watched.

Shortly afterward, family members began filming footage of the fire, taking photographs and documenting what occurred. Several carried signs as they watched. …

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Phelps Sr. requested an investigation regarding “Civil Rights Hate Crime Complaint vs. Unknown Criminal Arsonist(s).” …

Oh, it’s a hate crime when it happens to you, eh, Freddie?

Well, I hope it wasn’t arson. Seriously. And I’m glad no one was hurt.

Yes, seriously! Freddie and Co. hate me, but I don’t hate them, and I don’t wish harm on them.

Besides, PhelpsCo is the best advertisement for the need for sanity and acceptance among the radical anti-gay whackjobs. I hope the whole damned family lives forever.

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April 5, 2008

Fred Phelps: Lien on Me.

Fred Phelps and his hateful, attention-seeking clan are learning that despite their legal wrangling, there are some predicaments they just can’t get out of.

A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office.

If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett is upheld by an appeals court, the church, at 3701 S.W. 12th, and the office building, at 1414 S.W. Topeka Blvd., could be obtained by the court and sold, with the proceeds being applied toward $5 million in damages Bennett imposed on church members for picketing a military funeral.

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The $5 million penalty is the result of a lawsuit filed against three of the church’s principals by Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, whose funeral was picketed by church members.

The senior Snyder contended the picketing caused emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

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One of Snyder’s attorneys, Sean Summers, of York, Pa., said Thursday that based on financial information supplied during a hearing on the case, paying the $5 million penalty likely would force the church and the three named officials of the church to file for bankruptcy.

However, he said, even bankruptcy wouldn’t let them out from under the $2.1 million punitive damages part of the judge’s order. They would still be obligated for that amount under federal bankruptcy rules.

The Phelps family might go bankrupt because of their hateful, abominable behavior? Awwwww.

In addition, the judge on Thursday required Shirley Phelps-Roper to post a $125,000 bond and Rebekah Phelps-Davis to post a $100,000 bond by May 5 or he will rescind a stay ordered by the court to prevent confiscation of their property.

But Phelps-Roper, an attorney, called that meaningless. She said the only property she and Phelps-Davis own are their homes and courts are forbidden from confiscating a person’s home.

“I have nothing at risk,” she said.

In February, Bennett ordered Phelps-Roper, Phelps-Davis and their father, Pastor Fred W. Phelps Sr., to provide detailed financial information about their interests.

The records showed the church property to be worth $442,800 and the law office building to be worth $233,000. Summers said the lien could be placed on the law office building because it is owned by Phelps Sr.

“He (the judge) looked at my tax returns and saw that we give money to the church, and he didn’t like that,” Phelps-Roper said.

The Judge didn’t like that you give money to the church, which is owned by your family and comprised mostly of family members, as a means of essentially legally hiding your money away–tax free? I wonder why.

I suppose now the Phelps clan will have another reason to blame gays. Thanks to us, they’ll claim, they may very well be bankrupt and may have to discontinue their holy crusade–if only for a while. I don’t expect they’ll consider the possibility that their own behavior had anything to do with it. People like them seem incapable of such insight.

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March 30, 2008

First Million Fag March a Success!

Unfortunately we weren’t able to make it to the event due to financial constraints, but we’re excited nonetheless. About 400 people marched on Topeka to protest the nasty, homophobic Phelps clan and their practice of picketing funerals across America. The event was such a great success they hope to make it an annual event.

They came with signs of love, respect and tolerance in all different races, sexual orientations and age groups, to show members of the Westboro Baptist Church that they too have first amendment rights.

“Standing up is the right thing to do,” said JD Stottlemire, march participant. “I think it’s exciting it’s the million fag march today, not because it has anything to do with homosexuality but because it dis-empowers the Phelps.”

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Chris Love is the organizer of the march, but you didn’t have to be homosexual to participate.

So what’s behind the name?

Love said it has to do with the church’s use of the word.

“Generally it seems to be the case with them that anybody who’s not apart of their church gets called a fag, so in that situation everybody here is a fag,” Love said.

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The Phelps have been around for 17 years and have done more than 34,000 pickets.

They were invited to the march to express their views but didn’t show up.

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With police protection on the ground and in the air participants peacefully walked the streets of Topeka.

And though the demonstrators know they won’t change the minds of the Westboro members, Love had this to say.

“You can at least have your voice heard,” he said.

Topeka police say there were no problems with the march.

Because of the large turnout, organizers are planning to make the protest an annual event.

Maybe next year we can be there!

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March 6, 2008

Million Fag March. Be One of a Million!

This is your chance to take part in an historic event. Give Fred Phelps and family a taste of their own medicine. Join the Million Fag March!

Contact: Chris Love
Tel. (785) 783-4730
Email: sansphelps@yahoo.com
Website

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“MILLION FAG MARCH” PLANS TO PROTEST FRED PHELPS
Group Hopes For Large Numbers Outside Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS.

TOPEKA, Kans., February 7, 2008 – March 30th is the date one small group is hoping one large group will take a stand against Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Beginning at 11:00AM on that Sunday, a planned protest will take place outside of the church in Topeka, KS. “A million people may be aiming a little high, but we’re hoping for a large turnout,” said Chris Love, one of the March’s organizers. “This isn’t a ‘gay-only’ event. Anyone who would like to express their displeasure with the Phelps family and their continuing message of intolerance and hate is welcome.”

The virulently homophobic Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), based in Topeka, Kansas, has gained notoriety by picketing the funerals of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan to protest what the group sees as America’s acceptance of homosexuality. The group has used this and similar tactics at a variety of events nationwide.

Some wonder if the march will only draw more attention to the Phelps’ message. Love noted, “Up until now, the only media-mentioned protests against the WBC were footnotes to stories about the Phelps’ publicity stunts. We don’t think we’re going to change the Phelps’ minds, but we hope they realize that there is an opposing voice that is equally as powerful as their own. Or at least, as powerful as they perceive it to be.”

And if that doesn’t work? “Well, for one day we’ll bring homosexual and heterosexual people together for a united cause. In Kansas, no less.”

To find out more about the MFM, visit our Website.

If you’d like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview with Chris Love, please call (785) 783-4730, visit our Website, or email sansphelps@yahoo.com

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