Friday, February 20, 2009

yeah! take that Fred!

From slog.thestranger.com
Way to Excercise Good Judgment, United Kingdom
Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:06 PM


Officials are refusing to allow a family from the Westboro "God Hates Fags" Baptist Church to enter the UK.

A father and daughter from a US church which preaches hatred of homosexuals have been banned from entering the UK by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church had urged protests against a play being put on in Hampshire.

Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke is staging The Laramie Project, a play about a man killed for being gay.

The UK Border Agency said it opposed "extremism in all its forms".

A spokesman added: "Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behaviour by inciting hatred against a number of communities.

Now we should refuse to take them back.