‘Santa will take you to hell’ says potty Kansas cult

THE battle of the Christmas signs in Washington DC is hotting up – big time!

Earlier this month, outrage gripped Christians when the Freedom from Religion Foundation mounted a winter solstice sign in the capitol building which declared, in part:

Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.

The sign was promptly nicked, but later turned up at a local radio station. After it was replaced, a bunch of Christian zealots assembled outside the building to squeal that it was “offensive to people of all faiths”.

Commenting on the theft, Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Dan Barker, said:

It was unfriendly, it was illegal and it actually underscored our point that religion hardens hearts and enslaves minds so that people are unwilling to be gracious and tolerate another point of view.

The Westboro Baptist Church – creators of the vile God Hates Fags website – then joined the fray by asking permission to place a sign, disparaging Santa Claus, in the capitol building.

Part of the sign, which is quite amusing really for something emanating from the bowels of hatemonger pastor Fred Phelps and his imbecilic flock of in-breds, reads:

You’d better watch out, get ready to cry, You’d better go hide, I’m telling you why ‘cuz Santa Claus will take you to hell. He is your favorite idol, you worship at his feet, but when you stand before your God He won’t help you take the heat. So get this fact straight: you’re feeling God’s hate, Santa’s to blame for the economy’s fate, Santa Claus will take you to Hell.

See the Westboro loons perform their ditty here. It’s a hoot!

We love Christmas, for it’s surely a celebration of all that is nuts!

NOTE: The illustration above was adapted  by Austin Cline from a World War I German poster. See Cline’s entertaining take on the  Christmas wars at About.com.