Epic Win! Jason beats Westboro Baptist Church with a Fund-Raiser at their protest!

Half a Million Views!!!

Gapers Block:
UIC student Jason Connell used the appearance of the hate group to raise money for queer rights groups such as Human Rights Campaign, International AIDS Foundation and Chicago based Jerusalem Open House. Donations were named in honor of the Westboro Baptist Church and community thank you cards will be sent from the non-profits to WBC leader Fred Phelps. Connell called it a, "Lemons to Lemonade" situation.
http://gapersblock.com/mechanics/2010/03/09/westboro-baptist-church-embarrass...

http://www.matthewsnyder.org/
Matthew Snyder, of Finksburg, Maryland, died from a non combat-related vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California. Died on March 3, 2006. Matthew was 20 years old.

The family of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, US Marine Corps, has begun this civil lawsuit* against Mr. Phelps and certain members of the so-called Westboro Baptist Church to bring an end to the reign of terror and abuse that they inflicted upon the grieving families of US service members killed in defense of our nation. Using innocent children to deliver their twisted message of hatred and fear, the defendants in this suit have sought to attack the memory of our departed heroes, to strip their loved ones of their dignity, and to use abuse and intimidation as a tool for preventing surviving family members from reaching closure over their loss.

It is the sincere hope of Mr. Al Snyder, Matthews father, that this suit will spark similar legal actions against Mr. Phelps wherever he seeks to inflict harm upon the memory of our heroes and their families. If you feel strongly that such actions should be stopped, please consider a donation to help offset the legal expenses of bringing this suit.

Night and Day
Stark Differences Between Southern Baptists and Fred Phelps (Westboro Baptist Church)
Source: Southern Baptist Conference Web Page
http://sbc.net/redirect.asp?url=http://www.sbclife.net/Articles/2003/06/sla6....

"Phelps derives much of his beliefs from verses like Psalm 5:5, which reads, The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity.

"You tell [people] that God loves everybody?" Phelps asked. "You're lying on God."

But two Midwestern Seminary Old Testament professors said that Psalm 5:5 — and other similar verses — must be viewed in context with the rest of Scripture. Christians serve a God of both justice and wrath and of love, grace, and mercy, they said."

Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points: Hating America - 03/30/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qKPka-cwwA
'Nuff said.

April 3, 2010:

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DogStar7 here with the update:

Jason raised a little over $200 that day. That's not bad considering that absolutely NO preparation was done other than to empty a pretzel jar (yummm) and put a sticky label on it. Somebody just happened to have a card table in their van (who'da thunk, right?) and it all came together.

The BIG STORY is that this video has inspired DOZENS of collections wherever WBC protests!

Thanks for duplicating the effort, everyone!

DS7

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[bandercucu777]

@BalmungSama0 Even though I'm an atheist, this was a beautiful thing to read. Keep believing in whatever makes you happy :)

[kingofthecoolcats]

you aint got no pancake mix

[Mrtrollinstine]

EPIC WIN, i live in central USA and well the WBC came to a town not to far away from me, actually let me back up, we had some tornadoes come through last week and killed 6 people and the wbc protested the funerals to say they deserved to die, bc of illinois legislature is trying to pass gay marriage. anyway i wish i would have thought of this, congrats man. (*uck the WBC)

[IceYourPimpHand]

Smart!

[awestruck3]

Question why are you such a genius

[OneStopHomestay]

Way to go Jason. I like the way you think outside the square. Australia loves you!

[LilRasta18]

WBC uses Religion as an excuse so the Gov. Won't attack them because they know if they stand under a religious deity, the gov. cannot attack them for their words and their actions since they claim its under "god" and they take FULL advantage of the first amendment.! When truthfully they use the amendment to cause hurt and hysteria.

[0alifish0]

great job man (: really cool thing to do

[peakster753]

@Kurotard I'm a Lifelong Lutheran with a soft spot in my heart for the UMC and their messages aren't very christian IMO

[Kurotard]

@youngdones WBC are NOT Christians. As youngdones said, they are the exact opposite of Christians.

[totaltranquility]

What a great way of going about this, I hope others follow.

[DarkNinja24k]

Someone needs to make a sign that says "You have signs, Soldiers have guns. Do the math."