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Fred Phelps Wants In On Atheist Sign Situation

By Ed Brayton

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To turn an already absurd situation even more absurd, now Fred Phelps and his merry band of bigots and ghouls wants their own sign at Washington's capitol rotunda:

Westboro Baptist Church has jumped into the fray over the atheist sign at Washington's Capitol building by requesting its own sign announcing that "Santa Claus will take you to hell."
The Kansas-based church is infamous for its anti-gay agenda, including protesting at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. Church leader Fred Phelps has claimed that soldiers' deaths are God's way to punish America for accepting gay rights.

In a letter faxed Wednesday to Gov. Chris Gregoire and state legislative officials, the church asked that its sign be placed next to the nativity display and the sign posted by atheist group Freedom From Religion.

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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