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March 28, 2014 / 9:54 AM

Westboro Baptist Church to picket Oklahoma liquor store over sign mocking Fred Phelps' death

Sign reads, "Fred Phelps 1929-2014, Champagne 10% off! Not a coincidence."

The Westboro Baptist Church is saying that it will picket an Oklahoma liquor store that put up a sign mocking the death of the group’s founder, Fred Phelps.

Phelps died on March 20 at the age of 84.

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To commemorate the occasion, Moore Liquor decided to have a champagne sale and posted a sign reading, "Fred Phelps 1929-2014, Champagne 10% off! Not a coincidence."

The WBC doesn’t find the sign funny and plans to protest.

Westboro Baptist Church to picket @MooreLiquor on the way to our Garland & Ft. Worth, TX trip: http://t.co/0zv5qGoQca pic.twitter.com/bcgTvzF53j
— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) March 26, 2014

“@tulsaworld: Westboro will picket @Mooreliquor http://t.co/a5dR3BsN8P”

A little Bible truth never hurt nobody! pic.twitter.com/qkL4NlS4s7
— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) March 28, 2014

The store sounds fine with it.

@WBCSays Please send the "A" team, not the scrubs. We're gonna want a first-class protest.
— Moore Liquor (@MooreLiquor) March 26, 2014

@WBCsigns Does the Bible you use also have John 2:11, Genesis 27:28, Judges 9:13 or Timothy 5:23? Besides, you could definitely use a drink.
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— Moore Liquor (@MooreLiquor) March 28, 2014

"I was a little reticent about putting up the sign in the first place because I have two good parents who raised me not to speak ill of the dead, but I couldn’t help feeling that the world was a better place without Fred Phelps," store owner Bryan Kerr told the Huffington Post.

"He did so much to spread his special brand of hatred while bastardizing Christian principles that I thought it might be appropriate to recognize his lack of corporeal existence with some celebration. As a Christian myself, I truly hope that Fred found some peace with God and maybe even had a change of heart before passing."

[Moore Liquor via Facebook] [Huffington Post]

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