Friday, August 08, 2008

and Sometimes It's Called Disturbing The Peace

I see that Rotting Cryptkeeper's clan was stopped at the border when they tried to enter Canada.

But Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, said a group of church members was turned away from a border crossing at Niagara Falls, but a small group did manage to get into Manitoba overnight.
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However, Phelps-Roper said the reaction the group has raised from some police and public officials has her questioning whether the planned protest will go ahead.

"The question to my mind [is] whether or not we ought to get them the heck out of that country, because that's some crazy stuff when you've got your officials talking like they are in a back-alley brawl and not government officials who took an oath to obey the law and so forth."


It can't be too hard to pick out the seventy odd people that are part of Phelps' collection of borderline cases. Let's see - home address in Topeka Kansas would be a good starting clue. The ones that weren't frothing at the mouth might be a little hard to pick out otherwise, but I'm sure a couple of questions about picketing would do it.

If there are still a few that got into Canada, I'd suggest that as soon as they show their faces to picket, the local constabulary should pick them up and hustle them out of the country. (They could just as easily be 'playing possum' and heading towards Red Deer).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, the SOB's did not show up at Red Deer either which is quite unfortunate.

They are the best allies of progressive thinking people because they truly reflect the beliefs of the reigh wing element of society.

Perhaps the public would have had their eyes openned by seeing what the Christian Fundamentalists like HarperCorp really are all about.

Oh, and by the way, there were at least 40 RCMP officers blocking off access to the Laramie Project protest area. They prevented us from bringing in any anti-homophobia picket signs.

I guess our RCMP, notorious for their persecution of homosexuals, really don't believe in freedom of expression except for the conservative point of view.

They are the dudes who threatened criminal prosecution for an anti-Harper bumper sticker.

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