Elizabeth Edwards, estranged wife of politician John Edwards, passed away in her North Carolina home on Tuesday after her 6 year battle with breast cancer. Edwards was a best-selling author, lawyer, and was well-known for her advocacy of universal health care. Uniquely representing the nation's cancer patients, she was the voice of the sick and needy.
The Westboro Church released the statement below and plans to protest using signs of "Thank God for Breast Cancer" to communicate their belief:
If there was any possible way that I could communicate to you how angry and disgusted this makes me, I would. Trust me. As a proud daughter of a breast cancer survivor and a staff member of the nation's largest cancer society, this simply breaks my heart into a million pieces.
Just the thought of Fred Phelp's church to disseminate such false and hateful information on one of the hardest days for the Edwards' family and friends just completely disgusts me.
My one prayer is that the world will not categorize Christians as they do the example of the Westboro Baptist Church members. Call me crazy, but I can't imagine Jesus standing at the funeral doing anything but weeping with the devastated, comforting the lonely, and loving the unloved.
At the end of the day, Westboro Baptist Church is neither Baptist or a church. They're nothing more than a hate group with tax-exempt status.
My heart truly goes out to the family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards. May you feel the true comfort, peace and healing that only God can offer broken hearts.
- Isaiah 41:10
