I fully believe that Christianity should confront popular culture and offer in many cases an alternative – to offer the right choice. However, that does not mean that we are incapable of taking it too far. We have to constantly gauge our actions and decide when they are truly in bad taste, and more importantly, out of the character of God. Such is the case with “Westboro Baptist church, whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country’s tolerance of homosexuality.”
Here’s an excerpt from a Fox New article on the subject:
“The father of a Marine killed in Iraq took the stand in his invasion of privacy suit against a fundamentalist church that pickets soldiers’ funerals, saying protesters carrying signs at his son’s burial made him sick to his stomach.”
It is unfortunate that this church has chosen to exploit military deaths in this manner, especially since there is a good chance that a number of those they are exploiting are likely Christians themselves.
