The Westboro Baptist Church, aka God Hates Fags, actually protested at Geraldine Ferraro’s New York City funeral Thursday morning. The former Democratic vice presidential candidate was laid to rest after a service at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, Catholic Church administered by the Dominican Friars.
Geraldine Ferraro, America’s first female and first Italian-American Vice-Presidential candidate, died Saturday at the age of 75 at 10:00 AM, at Massachusetts General Hospital. Ferraro died of a rare blood cancer known as multiple myeloma, which was diagnosed in 1998. Geraldine Ferraro was a politician, lawyer, champion of women’s rights and women’s equality. A Roman Catholic, Ferraro’s pro-choice views put her in direct conflict with the Church.
Manhattan writer and resident Constantino Diaz-Duran, who took the above image, reported that God Hates Fags “held signs that read ‘Ferraro in hell,’ ‘God is your enemy,’ ‘Thank God for dead soldiers,’ and ‘Priests rape boys.’ As I approached the picketers to snap this picture, one of them went off on a tirade about how I need to mourn for my sins. She also informed me that by setting foot in a Catholic Church, a person is automatically guilty of raping young boys.
“The woman was so excited that at one point she almost dropped the fourth sign she was holding, a picture of President Obama with a frog coming out of his mouth, and calling him ‘The Beast.’ The sign also included a reference to the Book of Revelation, chapter 16, verses 13 and 14, which read “Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.”
Ferraro, known as “Gerry,” was born in upstate New York and was a three-term New York Congresswoman who made two unsuccessful attempts to win the Democratic nomination for Senate from New York, in 1992, and in 1998.
image courtesy of Yorkvillian.com/C. Diaz-Duran
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I can't wait to picket Fred Phelps' funeral.
Too late, he died long ago – that's why he looks like the zombie he is. God didn't want him and the devil wouldn't have him!
Why did you give these morons any coverage at all? Their message is the same, and it has been a welcome relief not to have them in the news.
Because it's news. Because people need to know what is done against the LGBT community in the name of God.
Why are reporting on the 70 member Phelps family? Why are you publicising this irrelevant, group?
As above: Because it's news. Because people need to know what is done against the LGBT community in the name of God.
The Phelps clan is a fine example of Kristian Family Values.
at least they were kept behind police barriers
I wonder how many females in Phelps' family are both mother and sister to one another.
Last night the psychotic meth addict ( I know – redundant) who lives across the street from me started bellowing out of his apartment window around 3:00 am. Something about a dimensional portal and ripping up wall-to-wall carpet to kill f*ing f*gts. He does this every week or so excepting periods where he's on a locked ward. His family and friends have given up on him, and I expect he won't live out the summer.
Why don't you report on him? His behavior is insane, he's astonishingly offensive, and unlike these irrelevant stories on the WBC, publicizing his plight might result in his receiving some of the help he needs.
Perhaps I should suggest to him that he scream that Geraldine Ferraro is in hell while smearing her picture with feces. Would you like a close up of his rotten teeth?
Because that's not news. It's sad, it's offensive, but it's not news.
If you would like to write a story about it, and how illegal drugs are hurting Americans and revealing their hateful thoughts, with some facts and figures, and if it has a civil rights aspect, or, if you find another angle that has relevance, I would be happy to consider publishing it.
Is this an april fools joke? I dont see any protest in the video.
Absolutely NOT an April Fool's joke. We have a witness – a freelance journalist – who was there and photographed the event as you can see above. In fact, we are the ONLY news outlet to cover this aspect of Ferraro's funeral.
This is not, and never will be a "church". They are a hate group, in it for the press and the money. They are sick, and very crazy.
Why is everybody hating on this article?? I agree, these people are SICK, and they should have no more power, but it IS news, and people need to know about it. If people don't know, they can't do anything, and things will never change. That why there are reporters in the first place!
Thank you!
What are Fred Phelps and the WBC afraid of? Rainbows? Unicorns? A flaming pink queer apocalypse? I attempted to address this with a portrait of the good reverend on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/03/fred-p… Drop in and let me know what you think!
Mourn our country's flag being wrapped around and knotted in front of that woman's private parts.
That was Westboro in the picture? I thought it was GoProud.
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