Oh, great. The Westboro Baptist Church discovers Alaska.

From Celtic Diva http://divasblueoasis.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=224


Westboro to Picket Fairbanks Funeral

The Westboro Baptist Church - the extremists at GodHatesFags (dot) com - announced that they will be in Fairbanks on Friday to picket the memorial service for Cpl. Jason A. Karella, 20, of Anchorage, who died in Afghanistan on Oct. 9.

The memorial is at Fairhill Community Church (101 City Lights Blvd., Fairbanks) on Oct. 24 at 4 p.m.

The Westboro news release says: "God Hates America, and God is killing our troops in His wrath. Thank God for IEDs" and "These soldiers are dying for the homosexual and other sins of America." (The full statement is on their web site under Press Releases.)

Some in the Fairbanks LGBT community will be there "to peacefully stand against intolerance" in case Westboro members show up to picket.

The Patriot Guard will also be there to "shield the mourning family and their friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors," according to their mission statement.

"WB did not show at the funeral in Anchorage and they probably won't show in Fairbanks. But better safe then sorry," said Christine Mahnken, the AK State Captain. "Anyone can join us and stand in a line with a flag, as long as they respect the grieving family. Wear WARM clothes!"

See the Patriot Guard forum page for details.


(edited to fix bad link)

If they have, I'm switching my position on clear-cutting!

One wonders how Bible Spice feels about this intriguing development...

:rofl:

I've been spending the last month typing a federal court transcript in the case of Native Village of Eyak versus Gutierrez which talks extensively about historic and precontact resource use and ranges of the Chugach people of SouthCentral Alaska. "Chugach" is hard-wired into my fingers now.