Westboro Baptist Church: Christians Counter-Protest Westboro's Golden Globes 2014 Riot

By Jobs & Hire Staff Reporter | Jan 13, 2014 01:09 PM EST

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The Westboro Baptist Church has a reputation for continually being at odds with other Christian groups, including even the American Family Association which agrees with their stand and views on homosexuality.

Putting aside political and religious groups, there have been many examples of diverse groups teaming up to attach the hate group. A few memorable examples include the White House, Vince Gill, Ke$ha and Satanists, who performed a "pink mass" ritual aiming to turn Fred Phelp's dead mother into a lesbian.

This time even Satanists and Christians have banded together to confront the Westboro Baptist Church but still, the notorious conservative religious organization seems to have no qualms about their cause. The devoted church followers of the Phelps clan continue to insist that other religious groups are "phony Christians," no matter what denomination they belong to.

The infamous religious group also recently staged several protests against Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians and Catholics. Westboro Baptists Church came to the scene waving the usual signs but they decided to add in a nasty new claim, saying that Paul Walker is in hell. In response to the claim, hundreds of Christians teamed up to form a "Wall of Protection" so that the churches would not be troubled.

According to Pastor Keith Banwart Jr., the Westboro Baptist Church's Golden Globes 2014 protest apparently included them, saying, "They come out for the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. Westboro Baptist Church is a cult that operates out of Topeka, Kan. led by Fred Phelps."

"They travel across the country protesting at churches, military funerals, believing that God's wrath is coming down on America and not allowing LGBT people to live in peace. These people, want to show that God's love is bigger than the hate that may be displayed here this morning."
Lutheran church's Pastor Kurt Christenson approves of this message that love instead of hate should be the answer," the pastor added. 

"One of the things I say every Sunday morning is 'good morning saints, good morning sinners.' We carry the same hate in our hearts. We know that the folks in Westboro are angry, and that comes out in hate," the pastor said. "At this point I think they're just angry at everything. I think they're angry at the way America seems to be going. It's not like it used to be. They've decided they don't want to engage in conversation. They just want to yell and scream and protest. There is an opportunity to say at the end of the day that love is stronger than hate." 

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