Westboro idiots protest at tornado victim's funeral

Fred Phelps and his vile Westboro Baptist Church are back in the news. The Kansas "church," along with a sign emblazoned with a twister and the words "God's Fury," saw fit to show up at the funeral of a great-grandfather killed from injuries suffered from the Greensburg tornado.

From the Wichita Eagle:

Sarah Keller thought it was outrageous that someone would aim a protest at a church where people were honoring a military veteran who died after being injured by the Greensburg tornado.

That's why Keller, 27, of Pratt drove 20 miles to Haviland on Thursday to join dozens of members of the Patriot Guard in showing respect for Harold Eugene Schmidt, 77. He died May 14 after undergoing five surgeries for the injuries he suffered after being pinned under a truck by the May 4 tornado.

Keller and Guard members held American flags and lined up with shiny motorcycles on the street outside Friends Church in Haviland, a town of about 600 about 10 miles east of Greensburg. Inside the church, relatives and friends were holding a funeral for Schmidt, a retired farmer and Korean War veteran who was survived by his wife, Sarah, four children, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Keller and the Guard members said they were there to shield the grieving relatives from several protesters who held signs and sang parodies of patriotic tunes.

Meanwhile, Westboro has announced that it will protest the funeral of the Reverend Jerry Falwell.

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