I read there are rumors that this is a hoax and that the church set it up themselves.

When people at this "church" say things like "god hates fags" or "thank god for dead soldiers", they should expect people to protest against them...

Not that surprising...

I am a bi-vocational Baptist youth minister and I don't really like Anonymous.

With my disclaimer being said, I hope, if this is true, that Anonymous wipes the floor with Phelps and his "church".  His actions are not representative of any teachings I am aware of and they poison people against good people that don't share his misguided views.

I don't like censorship, but I would love it if his group would shut their collective cake hole.

From an ethical hacking standpoint, anonymous is breaking the law. This is the reason I started this board. To point out that, although intentions may be good, breaking the law regardless on which side of an argmunet you are, is wrong and shouldn't be done.

I like the counter-protest idea that has been done. Groups legally protested Westboro and had enough participants to actually block the westboro protesters from getting near a funeral. Now that's perfect on 2 fronts... it's legal and it promotes more free speech rather than less.

From a personal standpoint, I just hope the supreme court hands down a decision against Westboro. If they do, they penalty will for all intents and purposes make their sad organization go away.

Don

PS - Great topic awhitehatter.

I have limited access to the net at work (I keep waiting for someone to come over and talk to me about surfing EH from work), but the last I heard about this was anon saying it wasn't them doing the attack.

So did the Westboro cult get attacked, or are they only claiming that so get more air-time / money /

Thank you Don,

I agree, I like the counter pro-test idea as long as it remains in the legal spectrum.

H4TT1fn4TT, thanks for the update.

Booo! Makes we want to buy a Harley and join the Patriot Riders.