So, I read where the family of a slain soldier whose funeral was picketed by Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka was awarded something like $10 million in a lawsuit they brought against this tiny little horribly misguided church that somehow feels that protesting at funerals of fallen soldiers and massacred Amish girls is an appropriate part of their anti-gay agenda. Despite the result of the lawsuit, they have continued saying mean and nasty things. These folks at Westboro have made the news a lot in recent years. And somehow you always have the idea that they are some huge hate-mongering church in the middle of America. I didn't realize until just now, though, that they only have a few followers, albeit crazed and vocal ones.

I guess what I don't understand is how rarely we see other churches taking a stance against these folks and their venom of hatred and cruelty. By not speaking against them, we really are playing into the misunderstandings of what Christianity is. We are allowing it to look like these few fringe for-all-intents-non-denominational individuals are mainstream.

Why aren't all churches shutting these folks down or at least condemning their ridiculous actions? Any ideas?