In this busy age of ours, many people read only the headlines and first few lines of a story. I feel compelled, therefore, to start out by declaring that I find everything about the Westboro Baptist Church vile and repugnant.
They picketed the funeral of a friend of mine, a courageous minister who stood up for gay rights. And yet, in the spirit of Voltaire, I will defend to the death their right to express their disgusting theology.
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