By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT Scene Writer on Mar 2, 2011, at 11:54 AM Updated on 3/02 at 11:54 AM
LIVING WRIGHT
As I confessed in my Tuesday column, I'm a clumsy hooker.
But I'm also nosy, as I want to hear about YOUR most embarrassing ...
Aside from enjoying humorous ones spied on others' automobiles, I'm not a fan of bumper stickers.
I blame my father, ...
During last week's bad weather, when a tornado siren sounded around midnight, I was caught at a midtown QuikTrip.
As ...
Shirley Phelps shouts during a demonstration by the Westboro Baptist Church in McAlester on Dec. 10, 2010. The flat tire on her sign alludes to the last time the group protested in McAlester and had their vehicle's tires slashed. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World
When I first heard that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 today that the Westboro Baptist Church can keep staging their hate-filled anti-gay protests at funerals of military members, I was livid. Actually, I'm still kinda ticked; but the Constitution-acknowledging journalist in me was like, "Hello, freedom of speech" -- not remotely said like "Hello, chicken fry!" like they used to scream at Nelson's Buffeteria when it was downtown. Sigh ... I miss my walking-distance proximity to fried things smothered in gravy, followed by slabs of homemade pie. Mmmm, obesity ...
But back to the Supreme Court. Well, not so much them as the alleged Christians who go out of their way to inflict more pain on grieving families. Were I more livid and less rational, I'd probably say something like, "Those freaks need to be run over slowly and repeatedly by a Winnebago packed with every contestant from 'The Biggest Loser' during their first weeks on the show." But that wouldn't be very Christian. The visual flutters through my mind frequently, but then I remember that turn-the-other-cheek philosophy from Sunday School and calm down. A little, anyway.
What happened to Fred Phelps as a kid to hate as much as he does? Must've been tragic. Seriously, it makes me sad. It's the only thing I can think of that would make a person act in such a militantly cruel fashion. Whatever, it may be his right and the right of his "church" to continue doing what they do, but it's no more than an abuse of the freedom they're granted. No one should have the right to hurt others. In a sense, though, that's what the Supreme Court had to uphold.
On a happier note, most of those Westboro folks are rather homely, so there's that!
Peace, love and tolerance ... XOXO
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