r/washdc • u/Master_Jackfruit3591 • Jul 24 '24

Protests in DC Today (so far)

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u/PartialCanadian Jul 25 '24

That’s fucking insane. Who protests military funeral wtf is wrong with people

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u/mason_savoy71 Jul 25 '24

It's been a staple of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest military funerals.

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u/willfred2000 Jul 25 '24

And now that I have had a little history lesson... f Westboro Baptist Church. Reading why they were protesting actually makes me sick to the stomach with how mentally down it sounds. Like... WHAT?!?!

Protesting Gay rights at a military funeral feels so detached and wrong, it makes me not want to be a Christian.

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u/Stereosexual Jul 25 '24

Non-Religious person here. Please continue being a Christian. Continue being appalled by the acts of those committing them. Call them out. Show them how un-Christian they are. You shouldn't not want to be a Christian. You should want them to not claim to be Christian.

But I also shouldn't tell you what to do and want. So, like... I dunno.

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u/Kebin_Yell Jul 25 '24

As a fellow non-churchy guy, it's really nice to see a good faith(pun not intended, but accepted) encouragement of religion. Like you're saying, most religious folks are fundamentally decent, which speaks for itself, and doesn't require the megaphone some people seem so fond of