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Liquor Store Celebrates Fred Phelps' Death With Champagne
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After the death of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, a liquor store in Oklahoma decided to celebrate with some bubbly.
Phelps, the founder of the Kansas-based hate group infamous for the picketing of funerals and anti-gay views, died on March 20 at the age of 84. While some mourned his death, Moore Liquor in Moore, Okla., chose to celebrate with a sale on champagne. A sign outside the establishment read, "Fred Phelps 1929-2014, Champagne 10% off! Not a coincidence."
The store's owner, Bryan Kerr, told Oklahoma City's KOCO the response to the sign has been pretty positive.
“Champagne is a celebratory drink and so that’s why we gave 10 percent off,” he said. “If they choose to celebrate the passing of a little hate from this world, they can do so and we’re happy to oblige here at Moore Liquor."
"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," he wrote. "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."
"Either way, things are better and sparkling wine is 10 percent cheaper at Moore Liquor," he concluded.
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