This is so sad ...

The Westboro Baptist Church, who believe the deaths of US soldiers were God’s punishment for America’s tolerance of homosexuality, were planning a demonstration at the funerals of the five Amish girls. The 70 member Church is infamous for staging protests at the funerals of American service men and women. However, the group cancelled their protest and in exchange for one hour’s worth of air time on a local radio show.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of the church’s pastor, had this to say about the murdered girls and the Amish community (see link for full article):

“Those Amish people, everyone is sitting around talking about those poor little girls — blah, blah, blah — they brought the wrath upon themselves,” Phelps-Roper said, adding that the Amish “don’t serve God, they serve themselves.”

WTF?

This is one of those moments where I am completely disgusted with people.