Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Westboro cult adds East Peoria protest to list of funerals to disrupt

Earlier today I posted this about Fred Phelps' Westboro group. In addition to the three funerals of US soldiers his cult plans to protest this week, he's added one for this Saturday for an East Peoria, IL marine.

Phelps, a so-called preacher, is under the delusion that soldiers are being killed because of American tolerance for homosexuality.

Warning, the flier is quite inflammatory.

The East Peoria soldier was a marine sergeant, and yes, a hero.

From the Peoria Journal-Star , (hat tip to Peoria Pundit) .

(Sgt. Terry) Ball and his unit were driving along a road they often patrolled on June 12 when he spotted something unusual. After he got out of the vehicle, he approached the suspicious-looking object and told his unit to stand back, Sharon Ball said.

"He saw something in the road that didn't look right, and when he walked up to see what it was they detonated it," she said.

Military officials told relatives that Ball's actions prevented others in his unit from being wounded, Sharon Ball said.

"Because he held his men back and walked up there, someone told his wife he had saved his unit's life," she said.

Ball was wounded in June. President Bush presented Sgt. Ball his Purple Heart last month.

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