KKK Protests God Hates Fags At Arlington – Showdown Or Schadenfreude?
Ten members of the Ku Klux Klan, aka the KKK, on Memorial Day were at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns to protest the Westboro Baptist Church, aka God Hates Fags, who were picketing with their usual regalia: signs reading, “God Hates Fags,” “God Hates You,” and “Pray For More Dead Soldiers.” The KKK’s Grand Wizard, Dennis LaBonte, tells CNN, “I’m a veteran. I spent nine and a half years in the military,” adding of Westboro, “I think it’s a shame they show up and disrupt people’s funerals.”
Both groups are certified hate groups.
Westboro had only three members present, and told CNN, “They have no moral authority on anything.”
“People like them say it’s white power … white supremacy,” Abigail Phelps, the daughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps. “The Bible doesn’t say anywhere that it’s an abomination to be born of a certain gender or race.”
“LaBonte insisted he is not a racist nor a “hate-monger,” but said he believes the white race is “slowly and most assuredly being denigrated.”
“Members of the group declined to say whether they were armed.
“A larger group of about 70 protesters — separate from the KKK — located across the street waved pro-USA signs and took turns shouting down the Westboro Baptist Church group.”
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=us/2011/05/30/sotvo.kkk.westboro.cnn

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