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	Phelps and daughter banned from entry into Britain

tommy2balmy

2-19-2009 4:13 PM

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westboro baptist church, fred phelps, anti-gay, lunatics, protesters, uk, banned from btitain

tommy2balmy says:

"The Government has made it clear it opposes extremism in all its forms.

"We will continue to stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country.

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2-19-2009 8:52 PM

tanyamm

Those (Phelps and his daughter) two are nut cases and should be locked up.

2-20-2009 6:51 AM

merrie

The Phelps tribe are media junkies and will do whatever it takes to get their name in the news.

2-20-2009 1:10 PM

kitsua

Thank goodness. Those people are scum.

2-20-2009 1:21 PM

k00p2000

Awesome, it brightens my day to hear their intolerance will not be tolerated!

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