Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights of religious freedom, freedom of conscience, and freedom of worship for all people. R.E.A.L. rejects hatred and rejects the activities of those who seek to promote hatred towards identity groups and specific religions.
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church vows to burn the Quran, as well as the American flag, on September 11, 2010. R.E.A.L. rejects and condemns their planned act of hate.
In a press release, the Westboro Baptist Church has vowed to burn the Qur’an, if Dove World Outreach Center does not. In addition, a number of the supporters of the Dove World Outreach Center’s Facebook web page have made similar claims to do the same thing.
The Westboro Baptist Church states in its press release that: “WBC burned the Koran once — and if you sissy brats of Doomed america bully Terry Jones and the Dove World Outreach Center until they change their plans to burn that blasphemous tripe called the Koran, then WBC will burn it (again), to clearly show you some things.”
Screen shot of Westboro Baptist Church Call to Burn Qur’an and American Flag (Photo: WBC Web Site)
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is listed as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. R.E.A.L. has long reported on the extreme hate activities of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC).
WBC has praised “world terror” and has praised terrorist attacks on both mosques and against other Christians. WBC has praised shootings and murder of police officers. WBC praised the oil rig catastrophe in Louisiana, and the flooding in Tennessee that claimed many lives.
WBC has protested Jewish synagogues around the nation in New York, in Dallas, in Colorado. The WBC promotes Holocaust Denial, stating “you lie about the holocaust days.”
The Jewish Star has reported on the WBC: “The automated telephone greeting at the Westboro Baptist Church features a pleasant, Southern-accented female voice who advises if you are a ‘Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, or Christ-rejecting Jew,’ that ‘God hates you all.'” Hate is hate.
In April 2010, R.E.A.L. reported on the planned alliance between the Westboro Baptist Church and the Dove World Outreach Center (the Florida church that was previously leading the Qur’an burning).
Westboro Baptist Church and Dove World Outreach Center Protesting Together in Florida (Photo: Facebook)
We must learn the lesson that there are NO COMPROMISES, NO DEALS with hate and with those who seek to deny freedom. Where one hate group leaves off, another will take its place. Where freedom is denied in one place, others will rally to deny freedom in other places.
We must challenge hate with love consistently. We must be responsible for freedom consistently.
We urge all to Choose Love, and to be Responsible for Equality And Liberty.
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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights of freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of worship for ALL people — without exception. We reject protests against houses of worship, and we reject violence and attacks on houses of worship.
On September 11, 2001 – nine years ago, America was attacked by those who killed Americans of every identity group and every religion – and who sought to divide and terrorize the United States of America. New York City and Washington DC were attacked, but also one plane, Flight 93 that was hijacked to attack the White House or the Capitol building – was stopped – by Americans that refused to give in to fear and terror. Today, there are those who once again seek to spread fear and divide Americans on September 11.
Today, in America we see those who seek to burn the Qur’an. We have seen from coast-to-coast, from California to Florida, a series of protests against those who seek to freely worship in Islamic mosques, in California, in Tennessee, in Wisconsin, in North Carolina, in Kentucky, in Florida, in Connecticut, and throughout New York.
In Florida, we have seen a pipe bomb attack on a mosque, in Texas a children’s playground in a mosque was burned down, while children are harassed, in Tennessee mosque properties have been vandalized and people have been convicted of arson attacks on mosques. On our national airwaves and media, we see and hear those who call for bomb attacks on mosques, and those who seek to spread open intolerance and hatred.
Responsible for Equality and Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights to freedom of religion, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience for all people of all faiths, including the freedom of religion supported under Article 1 of the United States Constitution. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”
We are deeply concerned about the escalation of intolerance and hate that we seeing growing around the world, including in America today. We will be inviting the public to join us in a freedom of religion, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience event on September 11 at 2 PM in Freedom Plaza in Washington DC to give Americans an opportunity to publicly show their support for such freedoms.
There is more information at 911Freedom.com — see also Facebook Event: Public Rally for Freedom of Religion, Worship, Conscience.
We urge those who promote hate and intolerance to unburden the hate from their hearts.
We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate. Love Wins.
