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Of course he was arrested since he missed and hit counter-protesters<\/a>, which leads one to wonder if there are counter-counter-protesters\u2026 which may be the plot for Inception 2.<\/p>\n

Just in case you don\u2019t know about Westboro Baptist, they are Fred Phelps \u201cchurch\u201d that goes around picketing soldiers\u2019 funerals while holding signs that say \u201cGod hates America\u201d and \u201cGod hates fags.\u201d \u00a0Charming folks.<\/p>\n

Seriously though- what is the Christian response when the idiots of \u201cChristianity\u201d get most of the headlines? \u00a0 One could brush it off, and assure himself that people know that they are fringe lunatics that don\u2019t represent the whole. \u00a0However, the reality is that today religions are being judged by their fringe lunatics, and not from their normal \u201cbase.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"