Bikers and Church members Do Battle - Blizzard Sector

**Club Nightfly** · 02-22-2006, 03:42 AM

Motorcyclists Roll to Soldier Funerals

By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters.

They call themselves the Patriot Guard Riders, and they are more than 5,000 strong, forming to counter anti-gay protests held by the Rev. Fred Phelps at military funerals.

Phelps believes American deaths in
Iraq are divine punishment for a country that he says harbors homosexuals. His protesters carry signs thanking God for so-called IEDs - explosives that are a major killer of soldiers in Iraq.

The bikers shield the families of dead soldiers from the protesters, and overshadow the jeers with patriotic chants and a sea of red, white and blue flags.

"The most important thing we can do is let families know that the nation cares," said Don Woodrick, the group's Kentucky captain. "When a total stranger gets on a motorcycle in the middle of winter and drives 300 miles to hold a flag. that makes a powerful statement."

At least 14 states are considering laws aimed at the funeral protesters, who at a recent memorial service at Fort Campbell wrapped themselves in upside-down American flags. They danced and sang impromptu songs peppered with vulgarities that condemned homosexuals and soldiers.

etc.

Fascinating.

**Aemaeth** · 02-22-2006, 03:53 AM

Haha, phelps is just a hatefull old man. He can picket as many funerals as he likes but his insane message fails to get to anyone but idiots and rednecks whom have the intelligence of a dog. The old guy should die soon and it will pretty much stop. Anyone been to godhates**** recently?
The people picketing the funerals forget to remember the fact that those soldiers died so they could speak their opinions in a free country, which without them they could not do, plus, lets not forget how the picketers are racist, if america didn't have such soldiers i guess they would be in living hell right now.

**[/sarcasm]** · 02-22-2006, 04:18 AM

Oh how ironic. Bombs fashioned by Muslim fundamentalists are considered divine intervention.

**DaCougarMech** · 02-22-2006, 04:46 AM

how ****ing disrespectful is that to show up at a funeral and use it to further your own hateful agenda.
close-minded people like that make me so angry
i cant believe that they have the balls to call themselves christian

**Bloodangel26** · 02-22-2006, 08:15 AM

if someone showed up to a memeber of my family's funeral and was 'jeering', i'd probably rip their head off, literally. props to the biker guys

**Wozza** · 02-22-2006, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Club Nightfly

Motorcyclists Roll to Soldier Funerals

By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters.

They call themselves the Patriot Guard Riders, and they are more than 5,000 strong, forming to counter anti-gay protests held by the Rev. Fred Phelps at military funerals.

Phelps believes American deaths in
Iraq are divine punishment for a country that he says harbors homosexuals. His protesters carry signs thanking God for so-called IEDs - explosives that are a major killer of soldiers in Iraq.

The bikers shield the families of dead soldiers from the protesters, and overshadow the jeers with patriotic chants and a sea of red, white and blue flags.

"The most important thing we can do is let families know that the nation cares," said Don Woodrick, the group's Kentucky captain. "When a total stranger gets on a motorcycle in the middle of winter and drives 300 miles to hold a flag. that makes a powerful statement."

At least 14 states are considering laws aimed at the funeral protesters, who at a recent memorial service at Fort Campbell wrapped themselves in upside-down American flags. They danced and sang impromptu songs peppered with vulgarities that condemned homosexuals and soldiers.

etc.

Fascinating.

Disgusting, and they wonder why im an atheist? lol Why would one involve yourself in that sort of crap?

**Club Nightfly** · 02-22-2006, 12:11 PM

I totally agree with you guys, it is really disgusting, I really never heard of the group before I read this article

**Fykins** · 02-22-2006, 11:14 PM

Wow, thats one of the more insane theories I've heard. Why the hell would "God" help people who have fought with his people for like 1000 years? (Thats sarcasm as I am an athiest)

The bikers should just riot and kill the old man.

If my bro or somone died in Iraq and people protested his funeral I don't think I could stop myself from shooting them. I know, stage a funeral and fill the church with explosives, then tell the rev. it was an act of god.

**DaCougarMech** · 02-23-2006, 03:26 AM

i would seriously starting foaming at the mouth and tear them apart.
what a ****ing disgrace to mankind

**hellsing293** · 02-24-2006, 06:37 AM

once again, religion creates ignorance...

**Aemaeth** · 02-24-2006, 01:30 PM

No, People are the ones causing ignorance.

**BlindMansTicket** · 03-01-2006, 06:51 AM

Me + Machette + anti-gay protestors = fun for the whole family

**Dan** · 03-03-2006, 02:45 AM

i feel ashamed to be christian because of those jacka$$'s, screw killing them, i would slowly torture them, then let them bleed to death. its what they deserve

**[/sarcasm]** · 03-03-2006, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dustoid4

i feel ashamed to be christian because of those jacka$$'s, screw killing them, i would slowly torture them, then let them bleed to death. its what they deserve

And you consider yourself Christian.

**Dan** · 03-07-2006, 01:21 PM

....good point, thank you for opening my eyes (not complete scarcasim, u did make a good point showing that i am no better.....)

**DaCougarMech** · 03-08-2006, 02:40 AM

i think that the biggest blow that we can deal to people like that is completely ignoring them. they thrive on media attention because they feel that to have so much media focused on them automatically affirms how right they are. in reality, they're only getting attention because everyone loves to read about crazy people

**A.D.** · 03-10-2006, 03:36 AM

One radical group vs another radical group.

This headline is ignorable.

In Boise (where I live) Phelps tried to get an anti-gay monument next to a Ten Commandments monument in our public park, and only succeeded in getting the Ten Commandments removed. Nice work, Reverand, way to support your christian beleifs. Now we have gays setting up a picnicks where the monument used to stand.

FYI I'm agnostic, and my stance on gays? Well anything is fine in the privacy of your own home but god don't force your ideals on everyone else.

**Bloodangel26** · 03-10-2006, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlmostDeadly

don't force your ideals on everyone else.

the world would be a far better play if everyone would listen to that

**Aemaeth** · 03-10-2006, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlmostDeadly

One radical group vs another radical group.

This headline is ignorable.

In Boise (where I live) Phelps tried to get an anti-gay monument next to a Ten Commandments monument in our public park, and only succeeded in getting the Ten Commandments removed. Nice work, Reverand, way to support your christian beleifs. Now we have gays setting up a picnicks where the monument used to stand.

FYI I'm agnostic, and my stance on gays? Well anything is fine in the privacy of your own home but god don't force your ideals on everyone else.

So when i kiss my partner outside its forcing my ideals on you? Get real.

**A.D.** · 03-10-2006, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platinum

So when i kiss my partner outside its forcing my ideals on you? Get real.

Yeah, kissing your partner is forcing your ideals on me. That's *exactly* what i meant.

02-22-2006, 03:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aemaeth Status: Grand Warlock. Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,527 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 303 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 3 Days and 15:46:05 Hours Rep Power: 12	Haha, phelps is just a hatefull old man. He can picket as many funerals as he likes but his insane message fails to get to anyone but idiots and rednecks whom have the intelligence of a dog. The old guy should die soon and it will pretty much stop. Anyone been to godhates**** recently? The people picketing the funerals forget to remember the fact that those soldiers died so they could speak their opinions in a free country, which without them they could not do, plus, lets not forget how the picketers are racist, if america didn't have such soldiers i guess they would be in living hell right now. __________________ Last edited by Aemaeth; 02-22-2006 at 03:57 AM..

02-22-2006, 04:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
DaCougarMech Status: I'm Delicious! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: watching you through a hole in your ceiling Posts: 2,651 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 151 Spent time on board: 3:03:14 Hours Rep Power: 9	how ***ing disrespectful is that to show up at a funeral and use it to further your own hateful agenda. close-minded people like that make me so angry i cant believe that they have the balls to call themselves christian Last edited by DaCougarMech; 02-22-2006 at 04:49 AM..*

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hellsing293 Status: Common Sense Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 2,662 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 326 Spent time on board: 5 Days and 7:37:04 Hours Rep Power: 9	once again, religion creates ignorance... __________________ As long as darkness flows through my veins, I will never cease, As long as my dreams still haunt me, I will never show mercy, and as long as evil lives I will never die.....

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Aemaeth Status: Grand Warlock. Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,527 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 303 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 3 Days and 15:46:05 Hours Rep Power: 12	No, People are the ones causing ignorance. __________________

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Dan Status: The Immortals Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,084 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 189 Spent time on board: 2 Days and 19:17:52 Hours Rep Power: 8	i feel ashamed to be christian because of those jacka$$'s, screw killing them, i would slowly torture them, then let them bleed to death. its what they deserve __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LXQZ9Mwh0&feature=related

02-22-2006, 03:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Club Nightfly Status: Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ES Guyana South America Posts: 107 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 0 Spent time on board: - Rep Power: 4	Motorcyclists Roll to Soldier Funerals By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters. They call themselves the Patriot Guard Riders, and they are more than 5,000 strong, forming to counter anti-gay protests held by the Rev. Fred Phelps at military funerals. Phelps believes American deaths in Iraq are divine punishment for a country that he says harbors homosexuals. His protesters carry signs thanking God for so-called IEDs - explosives that are a major killer of soldiers in Iraq. The bikers shield the families of dead soldiers from the protesters, and overshadow the jeers with patriotic chants and a sea of red, white and blue flags. "The most important thing we can do is let families know that the nation cares," said Don Woodrick, the group's Kentucky captain. "When a total stranger gets on a motorcycle in the middle of winter and drives 300 miles to hold a flag. that makes a powerful statement." At least 14 states are considering laws aimed at the funeral protesters, who at a recent memorial service at Fort Campbell wrapped themselves in upside-down American flags. They danced and sang impromptu songs peppered with vulgarities that condemned homosexuals and soldiers. etc. Fascinating.

02-22-2006, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
[/sarcasm] Status: Eulogy Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,530 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 65 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 2:47:45 Hours Rep Power: 7	Oh how ironic. Bombs fashioned by Muslim fundamentalists are considered divine intervention.

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Bloodangel26 Status: I am Legend. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,279 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 84 Spent time on board: 23:28:53 Hours Rep Power: 15	if someone showed up to a memeber of my family's funeral and was 'jeering', i'd probably rip their head off, literally. props to the biker guys

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Club Nightfly Status: Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ES Guyana South America Posts: 107 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 0 Spent time on board: - Rep Power: 4	I totally agree with you guys, it is really disgusting, I really never heard of the group before I read this article

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Fykins Status: *** Ancient Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mitchell, South Dakota Posts: 1,847** Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 159 Spent time on board: 14:56:36 Hours Rep Power: 8	Wow, thats one of the more insane theories I've heard. Why the hell would "God" help people who have fought with his people for like 1000 years? (Thats sarcasm as I am an athiest) The bikers should just riot and kill the old man. If my bro or somone died in Iraq and people protested his funeral I don't think I could stop myself from shooting them. I know, stage a funeral and fill the church with explosives, then tell the rev. it was an act of god.

02-23-2006, 03:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
DaCougarMech Status: I'm Delicious! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: watching you through a hole in your ceiling Posts: 2,651 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 151 Spent time on board: 3:03:14 Hours Rep Power: 9	i would seriously starting foaming at the mouth and tear them apart. what a ****ing disgrace to mankind

03-01-2006, 06:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
BlindMansTicket Status: OH LAWWDY Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 2,788 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 37 Spent time on board: 7:38:04 Hours Rep Power: 10	Me + Machette + anti-gay protestors = fun for the whole family

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Dan Status: The Immortals Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,084 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 189 Spent time on board: 2 Days and 19:17:52 Hours Rep Power: 8	....good point, thank you for opening my eyes (not complete scarcasim, u did make a good point showing that i am no better.....) __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LXQZ9Mwh0&feature=related

03-08-2006, 02:40 AM	#16 (permalink)
DaCougarMech Status: I'm Delicious! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: watching you through a hole in your ceiling Posts: 2,651 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 151 Spent time on board: 3:03:14 Hours Rep Power: 9	i think that the biggest blow that we can deal to people like that is completely ignoring them. they thrive on media attention because they feel that to have so much media focused on them automatically affirms how right they are. in reality, they're only getting attention because everyone loves to read about crazy people

03-10-2006, 03:36 AM	#17 (permalink)
A.D. Status: AlmostDeadly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,161 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 0 Spent time on board: - Rep Power: 5	One radical group vs another radical group. This headline is ignorable. In Boise (where I live) Phelps tried to get an anti-gay monument next to a Ten Commandments monument in our public park, and only succeeded in getting the Ten Commandments removed. Nice work, Reverand, way to support your christian beleifs. Now we have gays setting up a picnicks where the monument used to stand. FYI I'm agnostic, and my stance on gays? Well anything is fine in the privacy of your own home but god don't force your ideals on everyone else.

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