Westboro Baptist jerks plan on protesting Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral

CBS News reports:

Westboro Baptist Church, a Kansas-based church with a history of holding controversial and politically inflammatory protests, announced on Thursday that its members plan to protest Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral in Raleigh, N.C. this weekend.

The anti-gay fundamentalist group, which is led by Rev. Fred Phelps, is most known for its protests at the funerals of military servicemen – though it has also picketed such events as theater productions and high school graduations.

In a statement released on the church’s website — the URL of which, www.godhatesfags.com, gives a pretty good sense of the group — Westboro accused Edwards of “spewing blasphemy” and mounting a “smash-mouthed assault on His deity.”

“Elizabeth Edwards & her faithless husband, John, lightly esteemed what they had. They coveted things that were not theirs – and presumptuously thought they could control God,” the statement reads in part.

The church where her funeral is taking place is aware of Westboro’s plans and are meeting to decide how to handle it.

Here’s one way it could be handled. I could think of a couple of other ways it could be handled, too, but I best not say them out loud …