Source: crossing at Niagara Falls, but a small group Church members enter Canada, did manage to get into Manitoba overnight. aiming to picket bus victim's funeral "They were looking for picket signs and they were looking for leaflets. Well, we don't do Posted: Aug 08, 2008 9:12 AM CT leaflets, and the picket signs, you know, Fed Members of a fundamentalist American Ex ships them overnight," she said. church group planning to stage a protest at However, Phelps-Roper said the reaction the funeral for a Winnipeg man brutally the group has raised from some police and killed on a Greyhound bus have managed to public officials has her questioning whether enter Canada, a spokeswoman told CBC the planned protest will go ahead. News on Friday. "The question to my mind [is] whether or Canadian border guards are under orders to not we ought to get them the heck out of prevent members of the Westboro Baptist that country, because that's some crazy Church, a controversial Kansas-based sect, stuff when you've got your officials talking from entering the country. like they are in a back-alley brawl and not The group intends to picket the funeral of government officials who took an oath to 22-year-old Tim McLean to tell Canadians obey the law and so forth." his slaying on July 30 was God's response to Phelps-Roper said she would advise church Canadian policies enabling abortion, members not to go ahead with the protest homosexuality and divorce and remarriage. if there is a concern they might be arrested or harmed. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church Counter-protest planned wave protest signs outside funeral services for a soldier in Iowa in 2006. ((Charlie A counter-protest against the church's Neibergall/Associated Press)) picket plans was launched on the social networking site Facebook on Thursday. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office sent an alert to border patrol to "look out" More than 700 people have since joined the for people with signs and pamphlets group; postings indicate they plan to form a consistent with the messages that the "human wall" around the family to shield church promotes and to keep them out of the country. Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, said a group of church members was turned away from a border
Source: Church members enter Canada, aiming to picket bus victim's funeral Posted: Aug 08, 2008 9:12 AM CT Members of a fundamentalist American church group planning to stage a protest at the funeral for a Winnipeg man brutally killed on a Greyhound bus have managed to enter Canada, a spokeswoman told CBC News on Friday. Canadian border guards are under orders to prevent members of the Westboro Baptist Church, a controversial Kansas-based sect, from entering the country. The group intends to picket the funeral of 22-year-old Tim McLean to tell Canadians his slaying on July 30 was God's response to Canadian policies enabling abortion, homosexuality and divorce and remarriage. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church wave protest signs outside funeral services for a soldier in Iowa in 2006. ((Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)) Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office sent an alert to border patrol to "look out" for people with signs and pamphlets consistent with the messages that the church promotes and to keep them out of the country. Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, said a group of church members was turned away from a border crossing at Niagara Falls, but a small group did manage to get into Manitoba overnight. "They were looking for picket signs and they were looking for leaflets. Well, we don't do leaflets, and the picket signs, you know, Fed Ex ships them overnight," she said. However, Phelps-Roper said the reaction the group has raised from some police and public officials has her questioning whether the planned protest will go ahead. "The question to my mind [is] whether or not we ought to get them the heck out of that country, because that's some crazy stuff when you've got your officials talking like they are in a back-alley brawl and not government officials who took an oath to obey the law and so forth." Phelps-Roper said she would advise church members not to go ahead with the protest if there is a concern they might be arrested or harmed. Counter-protest planned A counter-protest against the church's picket plans was launched on the social networking site Facebook on Thursday. More than 700 people have since joined the group; postings indicate they plan to form a "human wall" around the family to shield
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