Cristiano-Fascist Groups

This cartoon is not related to the Cristiano-Fascist Groups, but it is a funny one!

What is wrong with this picture? Because of my writings about "Islamo-fascism" I was challenged sometime ago by a poster on another forum to write about "Cristiano-fascism." I was under the impression that there was not such a thing. But then I found a group of religious cult wackos on a television news program, and this group qualifies as a fascist bunch. The group is the "Westboro Baptist Church" from Kansas. I will refer to this group as CFWs [Cristiano-Fascist Wackos].

This CFW group is routinely picketing funerals of military personnel killed in action in Iraq or Afghanistan. This group of CFWs pickets military funerals because they believe that the war in Iraq is a punishment for our tolerance of homosexuality! But why do we allow this to happen? Well, this CFW group hides behind the First Amendment, which guarantees "freedom of speech and religion."

This is from the Anti-Defamation League. Since the summer of 2005 the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), led by Fred Phelps, has been picketing funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, with placards reading "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs [improvised explosive devices]," while shouting epithets at grieving parents. Phelps believes that the soldiers represent a nation tolerant of homosexuality, and their deaths are God's direct punishment for their sins.

Let me be clear about this "freedom of speech" issue, here in "Fighter Town USA" we would not allow this to happen. I dare this CFW group or any other cult to come to a military funeral at Camp Pendleton, Miramar, Coronado, North Island, or around a Naval Base here in San Diego and try to picket a military funeral for one of our bravest killed in action. It is not going to happen, the group would not leave the area in one piece.

But the end could be near for this CFW group. Early this week, a jury in Maryland awarded the father of a Marine killed in action nearly 11 million dollars. The grieving father won the case against these CFWs. The father of the Marine sued the "Westboro Baptist Church" after the CFWs demonstrated at the March 2006 funeral of his son, who was killed in Iraq. In the morning the jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. The jury then came back in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress.

Good job by Maryland's justice system! I doubt this CFW bunch will pay a penny in damages, but at least the jury sent a "loud and clear" message to the "Westboro Baptist Church" and to every other wacko group out there. And, oh, by the way, the web site operated by this CFW bunch is very busy lately. Early this week the web site was not accessible [possible crash due to all the hits]. Yesterday I noticed the site up and running, with the visitor counter displaying more than 5.3 million visitors. Before I close, let me say this; there is a big difference between the typical Islamo-fascist group and the typical Cristiano-fascist group!

Thanks for reading.