skepticalavenger: Nate Phelps Issues Statement Condemning His Family’s Upcoming Protests in Newtown “My heart goes out to the grieving families as well as the rest of the surrounding community during this time of unthinkable mourning & tremendous loss. The news that my sister & the rest of my family intend to protest the funerals of those lost in this national tragedy is, to me, a stark reminder that anyone’s interpretation of religious texts serve more as a reflection to the character of those reading it than whatever the author intended in the first place. My sincere hope is that the Sandy Hook community is able to grieve & mourn privately, & with whatever peace can be had in knowing the rest of the world mourns with you. “To those considering offering WBC an alternative to protesting these funerals, I say, ‘let them show up’. WBC is running out of money & their leader is a frail old man whose power & reach is tremendously limited to those who provide them an audience. Their recent tactic has been accepting media air time in lieu of protesting high profile funerals. By allowing them this luxury, they get free publicity with no effort or expense on their part, while potentially traumatizing a much wider audience than those strong enough to stand against them in silent but effective counter-protest. These counter-protests have, many times, prevented the grieving mourners from being impacted by WBC’s childish, attention seeking behavior. Please do not allow WBC the option of a less costly alternative. By calling their bluff, they will either ask for police protection, which allows police to control where they are located, or not request police protection, which would clearly be an unwise decision considering the emotionally charged environment they will be entering. Either way they alone will bear their costs, along with sole responsibility for harassing the community, without the benefit of a national platform in which to do it.”
Pop-upView Separately

skepticalavenger:

Nate Phelps Issues Statement Condemning His Family’s Upcoming Protests in Newtown

“My heart goes out to the grieving families as well as the rest of the surrounding community during this time of unthinkable mourning & tremendous loss. The news that my sister & the rest of my family intend to protest the funerals of those lost in this national tragedy is, to me, a stark reminder that anyone’s interpretation of religious texts serve more as a reflection to the character of those reading it than whatever the author intended in the first place. My sincere hope is that the Sandy Hook community is able to grieve & mourn privately, & with whatever peace can be had in knowing the rest of the world mourns with you.

“To those considering offering WBC an alternative to protesting these funerals, I say, ‘let them show up’. WBC is running out of money & their leader is a frail old man whose power & reach is tremendously limited to those who provide them an audience. Their recent tactic has been accepting media air time in lieu of protesting high profile funerals. By allowing them this luxury, they get free publicity with no effort or expense on their part, while potentially traumatizing a much wider audience than those strong enough to stand against them in silent but effective counter-protest. These counter-protests have, many times, prevented the grieving mourners from being impacted by WBC’s childish, attention seeking behavior. Please do not allow WBC the option of a less costly alternative. By calling their bluff, they will either ask for police protection, which allows police to control where they are located, or not request police protection, which would clearly be an unwise decision considering the emotionally charged environment they will be entering. Either way they alone will bear their costs, along with sole responsibility for harassing the community, without the benefit of a national platform in which to do it.”

98 Notes/ Hide

  1. kindness330 reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  2. stringsdafistmcgee reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  3. heavy-metal-barbie reblogged this from ithinkimayneedacoffeebreak
  4. ithinkimayneedacoffeebreak reblogged this from cerenaleigh
  5. castlexdown reblogged this from cerenaleigh
  6. cerenaleigh reblogged this from fierce-as-a-fucking-koala
  7. fierce-as-a-fucking-koala reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  8. trilliansthoughts reblogged this from theseanachaidh
  9. psychopulse75 reblogged this from skepticalavenger and added:
    I do remember about a year ago that someone said the WBC is running low on money and they aren’t picketing as much. It...
  10. askmenomore reblogged this from fewthe3rd
  11. kyle-r reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  12. forever-in-limbo reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  13. augingembre reblogged this from holygoddamnshitballs
  14. hacks4seven reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  15. birthdaypants reblogged this from beccastaysposi
  16. afatgirlmanifesto reblogged this from situpsandfruitcups
  17. -punch-drunklove reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  18. katythefuturesomething reblogged this from nicoleriggio
  19. nicoleriggio reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  20. the-agnostic-atheist reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  21. noxsolia reblogged this from borntohustleroses
  22. unreasonableinsanity reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  23. beccastaysposi reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  24. exeuntomnes reblogged this from jetpackbraggin
  25. wimoh reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  26. jetpackbraggin reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  27. holygoddamnshitballs reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  28. fewthe3rd reblogged this from skepticalavenger
  29. folasm87 reblogged this from skepticalavenger