I sent this to Mr. Archibald in response to todays editorial claiming that anti-war demonstrators were picketing Sgt. Wallace's funeral:
http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/opinion/stories/opinion_22900959.shtml
John,
Your editorial today calling the Westboro Baptist Church Anti-War Protesters is off base and misleading.
this church is not anti-war, they are anti-homosexual. It is incorrect to lump them in with our cause.
Your sister publication in Fond du Lac did a story on this group detailling that they are not an anti-war group:
http://www.wisinfo.com/thereporter/news/archive/local_22874284.shtml
I am active in the anti-Iraq war community in Wisconsin, noone I know would be so inconsiderate and unfeeling as to protest the funeral of a soldier. Those of us that ar against the Iraq conflict are not against the people fighting, we are protesting the decisions and lies of those leading.
I would appreciate a retraction and apology.
Thank you for your time,
-jef-
Here is the church's statement -
http://www.godhatesamerica.com/ghfmir/fliers/oct2005/20051003_michael-wendling-andrew-wallace-funerals.pdf
WPRN -
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mqxqKTfGO0cJ:www.wrpnam.com/images/news.htm+Andrew+Wallace+Westboro+Baptist+Church&hl=en
KFIZ -
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:ju09JOKNNWYJ:newsletter.kfiz.com/+Andrew+Wallace+Westboro+Baptist+Church&hl=en
Funeral Industry News -
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:3A5PvT-j0YcJ:funeralwire.com/+Andrew+Wallace+Westboro+Baptist+Church&hl=en
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