Westboro Baptist Official: Grand Strand 'Lucky Little Ducks'

I got a quick response to a question I had for the Westboro Baptist folks. I simply wanted to know why they chose our area to bring their pickets. Anything in particular about Myrtle Beach? About the particular high schools or churches they chose? As best I can tell (I've put the full initial response below, without edit) the answer is no. If you read their response, you will see why I say, "the best I can tell." They simply plan to spread their message and we showed up on the list. Still trying to find out more, but unfortunately we aren't special, just another region of sinners that desperately needs to hear their message.

I think the community should come up with a pre-emptive plan to deal with these folks, to not give them the pleasure of making us respond with ugliness in kind. Any suggestions? Oh, by the way, look for my Sunday column to deal with that piece of it a bit further.

Dear Issac Bailey -

The time is so very short now that we are running to and fro in this nation to put these words of warning and this Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven and this requirement from your God that you OBEY his commandments and standards.

We have not been in your area before, so here we come! :~) You lucky little ducks! What a blessing to have the word of God to appear on your landscape and to have the servants of God that will tell you FOR FREE and with NO apologies what the Lord your God requires of you. How blessedly simple AND blessed it is to obey your God!

This nations destruction is IMMINENT, so we run. Further, our God knoweth how to give a glorious platform when we get the trip set. E.g. last month, we were heading into WV and three days before we were to spend four days talking to the people there, God Smacked that mine and turned 29 walking, talking, breathing human rebels against God into human projectiles and sending them directly to hell! THAT put a whole new face on our trip, just before we left out the door! It was BEAUTIFUL!! We wait upon our God and he directs our steps and he opens the door and NO MAN can shut it!

Thanks!

Shirley Phelps-Roper

Dear Issac Bailey -

The time is so very short now that we are running to and fro in this nation to put these words of warning and this Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven and this requirement from your God that you OBEY his commandments and standards.

We have not been in your area before, so here we come! :~) You lucky little ducks! What a blessing to have the word of God to appear on your landscape and to have the servants of God that will tell you FOR FREE and with NO apologies what the Lord your God requires of you. How blessedly simple AND blessed it is to obey your God!

This nations destruction is IMMINENT, so we run. Further, our God knoweth how to give a glorious platform when we get the trip set. E.g. last month, we were heading into WV and three days before we were to spend four days talking to the people there, God Smacked that mine and turned 29 walking, talking, breathing human rebels against God into human projectiles and sending them directly to hell! THAT put a whole new face on our trip, just before we left out the door! It was BEAUTIFUL!! We wait upon our God and he directs our steps and he opens the door and NO MAN can shut it!

Thanks!

Shirley Phelps-Roper