"The Topeka, Kan.-based church is now best known for protesting at soldiers' funerals, claiming their deaths are retribution for the nation's acceptance of homosexuality."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_el_pr/thompson_homosexuality;_ylt=An5VoBmomedJRCRPZZAT34g7Xs8F
2007-10-17 12:15:53 · 12 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I didn't "miss" anything. I think you people need to re-read the article for the part you missed about what Fred said. Not what his spokesperson said.
2007-10-17 12:21:30 · update #1
Politicians change views like the wind changes direction. They'll do it just to garner votes if anything, never mind their own personal or moral views.
Poli: (latin) many
tics: bloody sucking parasites
2007-10-17 13:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
nice info by the way. Although Thompson was at most just an attorney looking to fill his pockets, it does not put him into the same righteous bed as the wackos from Kansas. But if he were to be elected it would be because of face recognition from his TV career and nothing to do with real issues...they write the lines for the actors you know....I don't like him one bit as president, but it's unfair to associate him directly with the Phelp's
2007-10-17 19:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It sounds as if the group CLAIMS that Fred Thompson supports them. I won't believe that their claim is true unless I hear it from the Senator's own mouth.
Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon ran for election to the Senate back in the mid-1990s with an endorsement from the "anti-gay" group, Oregan Citizens Alliance. And once they endorsed him, he said something like "They endorsed me, but that doesn't mean that I endorse them."
2007-10-17 19:21:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
So is it that you just can't read or do you just not understand the words.
"We know what your position used to be on the homosexual question — and it was wonderful, and we saw eye to eye," church members said in the letter to Thompson.
That statement appears to conflict with comments made by Margie Phelps to the Journal-World of Lawrence, Kan., in June about her interaction with Thompson.
"I'm quite confident he would've completely disagreed with everything about my faith," she told the paper.
2007-10-17 19:40:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Guess you missed this part.
"Thompson campaign spokeswoman Karen Hanretty on Wednesday dismissed the church as "a radical fringe group, looking to draw attention to themselves."
"Their behavior at the funerals of fallen soldiers is disgraceful and reprehensible," she said. "In no way do these people share Fred's values."
2007-10-17 19:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Psycho Mama 1 · 6⤊ 3⤋
It states he's not aligned with them. BTW,Phelps is a registered Dem. Google it.
There's no quotes from Fred in it. Just Phelps sister.
2007-10-17 19:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, he is a republican after all. I wonder if he'll join them at the next protest they stage at a child's or soldier's funeral. Just shows what kind of idiot fraud Fred is.
2007-10-17 19:19:22 · answer #7 · answered by God 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Oh, yeah. He should've stuck to Law & Order.
I'm not shocked by anything political anymore. I'm getting much too jaded.
2007-10-17 19:35:25 · answer #8 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The WBC also states that God Hates Soldiers. They protest every solider funeral. Bad alignment. Very, very bad.
2007-10-17 19:19:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Are you kidding? Old Fred's got a stall all to his self at the Newark Airport mens-room.
2007-10-17 19:19:14 · answer #10 · answered by Joe R 2 · 1⤊ 7⤋