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Homophobic Church Group to Picket Navy Air Station
Members of a radical Kansas church who say God punished three Navy officers killed in the recent helicopter crash are planning to picket outside Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi.
Members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church believe God punished the officers because of the sins of the nation.
Picketing is set to start at noon Saturday at the main gate at SPID and NAS Drive in Flour Bluff.
I hope it rains like crazy all day long.
Originally posted by darkelf
This is so wrong on so many levels. I refuse to call these people a church or Christians since by their very actions they are the antithesis of Christianity.
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Hate crimes are crimes committed because of the victim's race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected status. The federal government, most states, and many localities have enacted laws or regulations to define such acts as separate crimes in themselves or to augment penalties for existing crimes when motivated by hatred or bias. Because definitions vary across jurisdictions, acts as disparate as lynching, assault while calling the victim derogatory names, cross burning, or making intimidating threats on the basis of the victim's race or other protected status might be considered hate crimes. Whatever the definition, statistics show that incidences of hate crime were on the rise in the late twentieth century.
Harassment: the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious.