“OPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Criticized for accepting a $500 campaign contribution four years ago from a son of the Rev. Fred Phelps, Attorney General Phill Kline has donated the same amount to a group that counters Phelps' protests at the funerals of U.S. troops killed in combat. Kline has publicly denounced the activities of Phelps and members of his church, Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, who picket military funerals arguing that soldiers' deaths represent God's punishment for U.S. tolerance of homosexuality. Democrat Paul Morrison, Kline's challenger in this year's attorney general race, attacked the Republican incumbent on Monday over the $500 received by his campaign in October 2002 from Benjamin C. Phelps of Topeka. It was the only contribution the younger Phelps made that year, according to state campaign finance records. Kline spokeswoman Sherriene Jones said Tuesday that Kline's current campaign staff was unaware a Phelps family member had contributed in 2002. When told of Morrison's attack, the staff investigated -- and then made a $500 contribution to the Patriot Guard.
The guard is a group of motorcycle-riding volunteers who place themselves between the Westboro Baptist pickets and soldiers' families and funeral homes, often gunning their engines to drown out the protesters.”
For those of you who haven’t seen the news or read a newspaper for the last eight years, Phelps pickets funerals of gays and others he blames for contributing to “gay America.” His flock usually brings signs with ridiculous slogans, such as “thank God for 9/11,” or “God hates fags.”For those outside of Kansas, Kline was elected with no attorney credentials by anti-abortion wing-nuts and all he has done is file meaningless charges against abortion clinics and try to prosecute teenagers and organizations he believes promote underage sex. In Kansas we have the blind leading the blind.
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