Freedom to be a fool
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Friday should have been a solemn day for the people of McCook. Sgt. Randy Matheny was memorialized at the City Memorial Auditorium for having lost his life in the service of his country. Unfortunately and tragically, this memorial was upstaged and overshadowed by the antics of four fools and demagogues in the persons of Pastor Fred Phelps and three others, coming to McCook from their home in Topeka, Kan., where he is the pastor and leader of the independent Westboro Baptist Church.