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Westboro Shows Up in Dallas to Protest Beck — And Wait Until You Hear One Anti-Westboro Protester’s Shock View

Jul. 28, 2012 8:11pm Billy Hallowell

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TheBlaze already told you about the fact that the Westboro Baptist Church, the radical, anti-gay group known for picketing fallen soldiers’ funerals, has been planning to protest Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Love.” On Saturday, they made good on that pledge, as they assembled near Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, to purportedly sing, chant and speak out against Beck.

Anti Westboro Protester Cant Decide Who Is Worse: Westboro or Beck | #RestoringLove | @glennbeck

Image Credit: Rebekah Phelps-Roper/Twitter

Also in attendance were anti-Westboro picketers who stood firmly against the radical “church” members. Interestingly, at least one of the counter-protesters set out to target Beck as well. “Westboro/Beck: I Can’t Decide Who Is Worse.”

Naturally, we wanted to know why the protester was so conflicted, especially considering Westboro’s bizarre track record. After all, Beck is hosting “Restoring Love,” an inspirational event devoted to service and caring for one another. Westboro, as has been evidenced by the group’s past actions, is devoted to picketing funerals and damning homosexuals (and many others) to hell.

Anti Westboro Protester Cant Decide Who Is Worse: Westboro or Beck | #RestoringLove | @glennbeck

“I think if I had to decide, I don’t know, Beck has a lot more power than Westboro does,” she said. “He’s going to reach a lot more people with his views that I personally don’t agree with.”

While this particular protester was more negative about Beck, others in the group expressed positivity toward “Restoring Love” participants and the event, itself.

Watch TheBlaze’s interview with the anti-Westboro protesters, below:

“I don’t really like [Beck] in the city,” she said, referring to the television and radio host’s move to Dallas. “But at the same time, I don’t really like Westboro being in our city either.”

Image Credit: Shirley Phelps-Roper/Twitter

The protesters also told TheBlaze that Westboro refused to engage them, as they simply sang spoof songs and spouted some of their regular messaging. Here’s what Westboro posted on its website prior to the event unfolding:

Glenn Beck despises God, and he proudly says so. He climbs on WBC backs to have an issue for his radio program.

God has Smacked Glenn Beck already, giving him a little child with disease, but that doesn’t even slow Beck down. He is wholly incapable of seeing the Hand of God at work in this earth, and he flatly refuses to give the Glory of God’s work, TO GOD! He worships Mr. Peanut, a god that has no power, and worse

WBC will be at Cowboys Stadium where Beck will be inside hocking his false religious system and his rebellion against God to some other rebels agianst God, and we will warn the living to flee from that place, lest you should become a partaker of Glenn Beck’s sin.

1Ti 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens sins: keep thyself pure.

Image Credit: Bud Kennedy/Twitter

Westboro tweeted pictures of the picket and posted them on Twitter. Below, see some of the social media messages they sent today:

Anti Westboro Protester Cant Decide Who Is Worse: Westboro or Beck | #RestoringLove | @glennbeck

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Comments (237)

iwillnotbequiet
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:33am
Didn’t Glenn and his wife choose this child? That would make him a gift from God and man’s choice. This child is a blessing. What would WB have done to/with him? I think we all know the answer to that. The Beck family is always in my prayers.

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OneShotPagan
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:27am
Westboro is a business, not a church … it just poses like a church. Their agenda is to infuriate and to invoke physical response on which they can file suit.

It is a For Profit organization with good legal council … difficult to battle, so most places respond by isolating their demonstrations any more … They publish a continuing list of events that they will attend so people can prepare … They are from Kansas and outside pressure has accomplished nothing. They DID however lose a suit not long ago which cost them dearly. Let’s hope for more!

Stealing in the name of the Lord … wasn’t that a song?

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Apple Bite
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:10am
Westboro’s message is demonically twisted. How to explain it…it’s as if they’re blaming soldiers for the actions of Progressive politicians. Instead of protesting the politicians for allowing homosexuality to be prevalent in society, they go after the men and women who decided to protect the country from tyranny, and laugh at their deaths for having stood up for the country they love. But as you see on their protest sign boards, “soldiers died 4 *** marriage” and so forth and on, they’ve clearly lost their way of logic. it’s the ones in power, not the ones who desired to stand up for this country so we can live free.

So to answer the disillusioned protester who would ask, I’m not sure who’s worse, Beck or Westboro, you should really think about what’s best for this country as a whole. Do you wish to live as you see fit? or do you wish to live under a cloud of deceit and tyranny?

Christians don’t care about somebody being gay, they just don’t want you to use their religion to push what they see as a twisted ideology of marriage, ie, don’t use the word of GOD to marry your same sex partner. That’s not what GOD teaches us. And Homosexuals are so hell bent on trying to change this view, they don’t realize that if this place were ran by Muslim Extremists, the very group Obama’s Administration calls ‘peaceful’, they’ll all be hanging by their tongues and necks.

I don’t think this could be said any better, but I welcome somebody to legitimately try..

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Windsong
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:39pm
I’ve never understood what WBC ever stood for. They hate too much for it to be love. They spew angry words at everyone, yet call themselves a ‘church’.

Now that they have shown up to protest the thousands of people, along with Glenn Beck, for spending their time selflessly giving service to others…well, I finally get it.

The WBC stands for nothing. They obviously don’t believe in God, they hate the military, gays, the wealthy, the poor, the honorable and the thieves and the United States of America, her flag, her anthem and her history.

Man, what an empty existance………………..

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:56pm
Becks followers and Westboro are both united in their HATRED of gay people. They shoulde get together and sing *** ba ya…LOL!

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- lefty5005
  Posted on July 30, 2012 at 4:19pm
  Why one man would want to get up in another man’s hairy **** is way beyond me.
  Responsible for the HIV pandemic
  Highest incidence of hepatitis B and C
  Highest incidence of Herpes simplex type II (it’s the kind you get by liking another man’s hairy ****)
  Highest incidence of condyloma (these kind of warts you don’t get by playing with frogs)
  
  Other than this I guess male homosexuality must be just fine….
  
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Kupo
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:55pm
I think it’s pretty telling that the WBC has to resort to having individual people hold up four signs by themselves.

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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:54pm
It’s not about Beck, it’s not about Westboro…but it is about our survival as a nation. Our future is what we will make from this day forward…do we choose life or do we perish? Do we stand for Truth or do we allow the liars to win? Stand up, America…stand up….never give up on hope, never falter, never forget those who have died so that we may live in freedom…

TEA

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progressiveslayer
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:54pm
The Westboro cult should relocate immediately to Jonestown Guyana,try the kool aid,it’s to die for.

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DeVain
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:49pm
You know, I have no shame in saying I am an atheist. In fact, I proclaim myself LaVeyan.

But how in the heck does these people think they are saying of Glenn loves God or not? Who the heck are they to say if the God he looks to is supportive or not?

They are NO ONE.

They are jokes.

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drphil69
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:28pm
“He‘s going to reach a lot more people with his views that I personally don’t agree with.”

Now this is an honest liberal. She doesn’t want people to hear beck’s views… WHY? SCARED they will make more sense than the liberal BS you believe?

Libs are really going off the deep end for obama. “You didn’t build that…” Defending members of terrorist organizations in the WH. Applauding the fed suing states for actually TRYING to enforce immigration laws. Suing states for TRYING to ensure ALL VOTERS ARE ACTUALLY CITIZENS.

If by some miracle you libs win this november… when the country goes bankrupt, and hyper-inflation hits, please come by my house… I got presents for ya!

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Ann_W
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:24pm
Westboro doesn’t know the New Testament very well. “And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” (John 9:2-3) They are really not paying attention if they think that Glenn’s handicapped daughter is because he did something wrong. She’s a beautiful child of God.

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joe long
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:22pm
we need more people like glenn beck in this country.we are in a state of moral decay for alot of places in this country.and every day different people try to take away what this country was founded on and every day it gets worse

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anothercomment
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:59pm
Really ? These people call themselves Christians? I think they need to take a time out from protesting and read the Bible… and stay away from the Kool-aid!

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stickman10
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:52pm
Where’s Janet Reno and Bill Clinton when you need them?

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Patriot Z
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:52pm
honestly…i stopped being shocked by them WBC. seriously, i just laugh my ass off at them. Come on look at these aholes! whats not to make fun of. If their is a god, these wetboro people is one of gods biggest jokes. the more we laugh at them the less power they and the other progressive groups have. we need to quit taking them seriously. their views are not to be taken seriously, they are to be debunked by the truth, then ridiculed, then marginalized and finally forgotten, just like the people who espose them. westboro should be treated like 9th class citizens, the ‘unclean and untouchable’ in the modern world, the mental lepers. you toy with them like a cat then put them out of their misery like a mouse….any questions?

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OldGeek72
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:49pm
The Baptists of the world must be doing some real damage to satan’s stronghold for that he11-hound to put the name ‘Baptist’ on his hate-group of supporters! God does NOT hate sinners! He said in John 3:16 that “God so loved the world” and qualified who can be saved in the same verse: “whosoever”. Does God hate sin? Yes, 100% of it – even mine until it was covered by the saving blood of Jesus Christ.
The O’commie in Washington is closer to being a baptist than any of this cult.
Please just ignore them and related hate groups like the KKK.

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- JustJ
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 11:50pm
  They’ve got some gall for using “Baptist” in their name. I am a Baptist, and there is not one soul in my congregation that identifies with those nutters. These sad misguided fools are tools for Satan… and they won’t know until the day of their judgment comes.
  
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barber2
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:42pm
Well, naturally Westboro would show up to protest ” Restoring Love.” Westboro just hates ” love.”

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MartyTr
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:29pm
Westboro, Trinity, Mormon. All are false faiths. Just because Glenn is doing good doesn’t mean he’s got God’s backing. Jesus Christ is the church. Follow Him and His word only.

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janedough1
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:29pm
Westboro Baptist Church: a family of lawyers led by a former Baptist pastor and disbarred lawyer who has run for governor of Kansas five times on the Democratic ticket, who have no visible means of support, but can afford a “compound” and plane tickets for multiple family members to multiple destinations almost daily. Ever wonder where their money comes from?

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xAbeLincolnX
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:25pm
It’s rather ironic actually. A group of hate filled extreme Calvinists who don’t understand Scripture are protesting an event held by a mormon who also doesn’t fully understand Scripture himself. I am not casting judgement on either party, but if you receive this as “judgmental,” just read 1 Corinthians 5:12-13.

As moronic as westboro is, I believe they have no influence over anyone, in my humble opinion.
Even though I’m sure this event is going to be an uplifting event, I’m worried about how much power Beck has over his audience. He preaches a very dangerous form of universalism.
Go ahead and continue to watch him and listen to his words, but take heed. Challenge what he says with Scripture. Also look more into mormonism. I find it odd that one of the biggest “conservative” voices in America is Glenn Beck (a mormon) and the candidate challenging Obama is also a mormon.

Truth is truth. We live in a world where truth and falsehood is divided by a very thin line.

Christ is love, Christ is God, Christ is Truth. Everything else that isn’t Christ, is worthless.

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- Patriot Z
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:01pm
  i have a hard time believing that anyone understands the word of god and is qualified to speak his motives. especially those who can only quote scripture. GOD will let you know what he wants from you not the bible, not the torah, certainly not the stupid koran. the fact that people quote scripture only means they can memorize thats it. The bible is a fun read, but a book of letters that has been rewritten, mistranslated, doctored, modified, omitted based on a persons personal hangups and desires, is hardly gods word. and that goes for all books, including other religions. Faith is whats created when a person tells you something that does not make sense is gods word. God will let you know what you need to do. god will help you but he will also make you do for yourself even more. God had given us the tools for freedom, and to thrive. now its time to use them and get off gods d**k -the book of Jason chapter1 verse1
  
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- Patriot Z
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:03pm
  christ called and said quit stalking him.
  
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- xAbeLincolnX
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:32pm
  Why can’t you have an intelligent conversation without being crude and condescending?
  You can’t possibly believe that my friend, and if you do, I really hope one day you find Christ.
  
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Uechi
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:23pm
So you don’t like Beck what’s wrong with prayer? Westboro is evil disguised as religion. These people are the lunatic fringe and deserve pity and nothing else.

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BIGGS
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:19pm
I couldn’t help but think of this ……

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New International Version (©1984)
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
New Living Translation (©2007)
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Judge not, that you be not judged.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

International Standard Version (©2008)
“Stop judging, so that you won’t be judged,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
You shall not judge, lest you be judged.

GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)
“Stop judging so that you will not be judged.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Judge not, that you be not judged.

American King James Version
Judge not, that you be not judged.

American Standard Version
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Douay-Rheims Bible
JUDGE not, that you may not be judged,

Darby Bible Translation
Judge not, that ye may not be judged;

English Revised Version
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Webster’s Bible Translation
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Weymouth New Testament
“Judge not, that you may not be judged;

World English Bible
“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

Young’s Literal Translation
‘Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

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- Tractorboy
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:14pm
  So Biggs I guess your saying by them doing all this judgement of their fellow man, it’s probably a sin, and since God hates sinners their words not mine, they would only come to the conclusion they hate themselves?
  
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mikenleeds
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:16pm
GOD does hate ***** and lezbos ,, i don t care what man law says so read your bible

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- TROLLMONGER
  Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:16pm
  See! The Beckbots and Westboro people are one in the same kind. Both full of nothing but HATE. The comment above is a perfect example.
  
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right
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:15pm
Something is really wrong with the westboro folks. must be sad to be them.
Wonder where all the money comes from to pay for their traveling hate parade?

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BelindaB
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 9:15pm
Welcome Back to America God,…and please bless Glenn Beck,for being your tool to return love, and You Lord, into our lives again.

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