I didn't mean to imply that they ARE the same group. They're views and histrionics are the same though.
You know, when they tried to muster support for the ERA back in the 70's, the folks opposing it used the "bathrooms" threat too.
AB:
Gotcha. I think that your conflation of the two groups is made in ignorance, not malice. Conservative Christians have been beat over the head with the WBC loons by the MS enough to prompt a lot us to research what they actually believe.
WBC is not on polite terms with any right-of-center religious group that I can think of. That is a polite way of saying that folks in the religious right think Phelps & WBC are nucking futz. They may appear to be on the
way right of the RR*, but their doctrine is such that it is incompatible with every single overtly-Christian conservative group I have ever participated in or read about.
fistful gives examples of some, but not all of the deal-breakers. These are not "logical extensions" of Christian doctrine, but something Phelps has cooked up in his little cult of personality. The wonder of it is that he, like fistful wrote, posts it for all to read what a complete fruitcake he is. Another wonder is that the MSM and others confuse his doctrine with the religious rights' (which also has no problem posting its different doctrines).
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The "Unipotty" argument is made for two reasons:
1. It has the virtue of being true, given what has happened elsewhere such policies have been enacted
2. It is effective
* At least, they are portrayed, gleefully, by MSM this way.