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Kaci Van Meter


Last Updated: 11/26/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 19
Sign: Virgo

State: Texas
Country: US
Signup Date: 7/15/2007

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Thursday, September 03, 2009 
Recently the site godhatesfags.com has been brought to my attention by Jimmy Elliot, the founder of HOW.
I had heard of some of the things that they do but I had not seen the site itself. I went to the website and nothing would come up so I decided to do some heavy duty research. I expected certain things but in no way did I expect what I found. It kills me, just rots me to the core to read about the type of things these human beings are doing. I began to literally shake with anger, tears rolling down my face as I read, "The group came into the national spotlight in 1998, when they were featured on
CNN for picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a young man from Wyoming who was beaten to death by two men because of his homosexuality. Westboro has protested at the funerals of people ranging from Fred Rogers to Coretta Scott King to Jerry Falwell."
I do believe that every individual has the right to speak about what they believe in but this, this is carrying it away, way away. Disrespectful, hateful, and just plain mortifying.
They have children wearing T-shirts that read "God hates fags" children holding signs that read "Death penalty for fags." Small, innocent children who do not yet know any different and are forced under the thumb of these inhumane protests, etc.
This honestly makes me sick to my stomach, it makes me question humanity in all. Is this what we are becoming? Are we going to let this be who we are? Or are we going to step up and make the change? We are going to be the voice for Matthew Shepard, we are going to be the voice for those who were not able to have one. It is not wrong to love someone of the same sex, it does not make you ill and it does not in any way make you any less valuable than anyone else in this world. You are beautiful, there's nothing wrong with you, you are you and I'm happy that you are. I love you for you, don't hide who you are, it's not worth it. Life is way too short. If at this moment you feel scared and alone and afraid I want to recommend that you tell someone. You don't have to if you're not comfortable but it would be a good thing. Open people's eyes to the fact that homosexuals are not bad they are human. Nothing is wrong with loving someone who is the same sex, NOTHING. God loves everyone. God does not hate someone because they love.


-Kaci
Aaron Wears Vans™

 
GOD in no way, shape or form hates anyone. GOD is love.
 
Posted by Aaron Wears Vans™ on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 12:29 AM
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Alyssasauce

 
i've seen photos of these guys at funerals. it's so horrible it makes me sick to my stomach. i dont know anyone else on earth that would be so horrible and extremely disrespectful to a family that just lost their child. i cant believe these people think we're going to hell, when they spend their entire lives hating and teaching others to hate with such consuming passion. i believe that what goes around comes around, and that these people's sick ways will catch up with them someday, and i hope they decide to become better people.
you know, i think that pregnant girl in the movie "saved!" had the right idea when she said "Why would God make us all so different if He wanted us to all be the same?"

 
Posted by Alyssasauce on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 1:35 AM
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Danny <3
Daniel White

 
these people give such a bad name to the church
God doesnt know hate

 
Posted by Danny <3 on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 1:39 AM
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Open Your Eyes
Kaci Van Meter

 
Aaron: Precisely :)

Alyssa: Thank you for pointing that out, that's a beautiful quote and Saved! Is a beautiful movie <3

Danny: "God doesn't know hate." I like that very much, sir :) It's very true.
 
Posted by Open Your Eyes on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 1:42 AM
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[baby♥doll]™

 
aarons right!!!!
 
Posted by [baby♥doll]™ on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 1:59 AM
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breeeeeee

 
God embraces all of his children
 
Posted by breeeeeee on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:34 AM
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Brittany Beatdown

 
That is really terrible.
I don't understand where people get the idea of this.
I don't know why people have to be so violent for no reason at all.

People love who they love, there's no stopping that.
This is just awful...

 
Posted by Brittany Beatdown on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:35 AM
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Courtney.
Courtney Harmon

 
What these people are doing is in every shape way and form wrong.
I personaly do not believe that being homosexual is right, God intended love and marriage between a man and a woman, not of the same sex.
But harassing others in such a horrific way makes you worse than what you believe the other people are doing wrong. I do not understand how beating people and hurting people is justified no matter what the situation.
We are made in God's image, we are supposed to be Chirst like, and Christ loved everyone. I'm mortified to even be connected to such hateful humans.

 
Posted by Courtney. on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:54 AM
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Mysti☪
D.A. Bailey

 
I remember hearing about them on the radio. Might have been on one of the Howard Stern channels on Sirius. These guys are weird. They don't just protest homosexual soldiers that were killed. Even if they're straight they will and they praised the terrorist attacks and Katrina hitting New Orleans. They say these events are the wrath of God because America allows homosexuals to live and doesn't condemn it enough. Every time a soldier dies they'll post on their site cheering that it happened. I imagine their church has very high security becuase homosexuality isn't the only thing they bash. Someone would've blown up and/or burned that fucker to the ground by now if they didn't. They are a very dangerous and evil group of people.

 
Posted by Mysti☪ on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 5:24 AM
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kat in wonderland
New york Bound baby

 
Ive seen this....Ive seen the god hates fags protests in my town. sorry for a the lango but this deserves...WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!!!!!! I am a christian myself and this makes me sooooo angry. It gives a bad name to anyone who follows god. and they wonder why so many people are not christian and call the bible bullcrap? these people are such idiots!! if they are such a christian then they should know that HATE!!!! is  a sin so god wouldn't hate anyone. so they are going against their own religion by HATING people for who they are. who do they think they are? do they really think they have the right to do this kind of horrible crap? I believe that gays are just as normal as someone who is straight. its not wrong in anyway at all.I believe that gay is not a sin and that it was added in the bible by some jerk who just slipped that part in. how can christian hate gays because its a sin? we are all sinners. lying is a sin and they all have,hate is a sin,and so on....so if its anyone to hate theyshould hate theirselfs for being such hypocrites and idiots. the funny part is they think they are being good christians and doing their part..when they are the WORST of their kind. I am an open minded christian and I except everyone as they are and I don't put down other religions because who I am to say the right way to go is to be a christian and that the rest are wrong? sorry getting off topic
 
Posted by kat in wonderland on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 5:37 AM
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kat in wonderland
New york Bound baby

 
..Why would God make us all so different if He wanted us to all be the same?  I LOVE it

 
Posted by kat in wonderland on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 5:42 AM
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samantha noelle
Samantha Noelle Miller

 
God doesn't hate anything, BUT the Bible does speak against homosexuals.

 

Revelation 21:8 (New International Version)

"But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

1  Corinthians 6:9 (New International Version)

"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders"

God is totally love, and love is unconditional... But he has a plan for our life, that doesn't mean that he will make us be one person, the person that always makes right choices. He gives us all a choice. That's why there is a Heaven and a Hell, that's why God gave us a brain, and that's WHY we are not robots. 

God doesn't hate murderers either, but without asking for forgiveness, your sin is unforgiven, and you will be punished in the long run.

All we can do is pray for these peoples souls, Keep loving them..

but only God can judge.
 

 
Posted by samantha noelle on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 7:17 AM
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kat in wonderland
New york Bound baby

 
A lot of christians want to say..that gay is a choice. maybe sometimes it is a choice for a few people but most of the time it's not. I have a lot of gay friends and I am bi,I have dated a catholic guy for a year and he was hiding from the world that he way gay.I know alot and what I gather is that people are just born gay. It's like being born with blue or brown eyes. you can't help what color your eyes are...but you can hide them with color contacts but it doesn't change the fact that behind that cover you will always have the same color.thats like my ex hiding that he was gay. he dated me but behind the girlfriend and acting like a straight guy he was always going to be gay.so he just came out and now he is so happy being who he really is.

but for the longest time he hated being gay,he tried everything not to be gay. he was depressed and sometimes thought about killing himself.he just wanted to be a normal guy and I know alot of people like that. so ...it's a not choice ,it's just who you are. you can't force love. you don't just walk around choosing who you fall in love with it just happens. why do you like men with black hair and blue eyes? why do you like women that have brown hair and brown eyes? you didn't choose you just like it that way. it's the same with being gay.

so thats why I don't see gay as bad or as a sin. god creates everyone different and I think its one of gods many creations. its a sin in the bible but everyone is a sinner born that way. and our sins will be forgiven but we will always sin and a gay person will always be gay.
 
Posted by kat in wonderland on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 7:50 AM
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Mina Monopoly

 
God hates no one and people who actually believe that he does, is going to burn in hell. The end. :)
 
Posted by Mina Monopoly on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 9:52 PM
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Mina Monopoly

 
*are going to burn in hell.
 
Posted by Mina Monopoly on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 9:53 PM
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♥PhillipsBugBug♥
Danielle Elder

 
love is love it does not see color, age, race, or even gender EVERYONE loves. Why is it not right to love just beacuse its two women or two men? People our clueless and brainwashed from parents, media how they grow up

you CAN NOT take anything from the bible literly because it always contridics its self i am a christian i do bleavie in a power great then our selfs but i belive the bible is a story book and ppl should not take everything it says as right


 
Posted by ♥PhillipsBugBug♥ on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 10:08 PM
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I Beat Down Skanks

 
excuse me, but if you quote the bible, be prepared to look at ALL of it and follow EVERYthing it teaches. don't be a fucking hypocrite, and take what you like out of it just to say being gay is "a sin". in the bible, which i HAVE read, it clearly states that if your wife is NOT a virgin when you have sex with her the night after you get married, then the entire town has to stone her to death. AND you have to hang the bloody sheets up on your clothesline to prove that she was a virgin. i'm sorry, but that's bullshit. it also says that girls can be sold into slavery, and more shit like that. personally, i was raised Jewish, but i don't believe in organized religion, because it's all bullshit. RELIGION IS A BUSINESS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER. they take money from you in the collection plates and what do they do for YOU? nothing. they just provide a place for worship. i can worship any god i like, in the privacy of my own fucking home, thanks very much. as for the godhatesfags people, i would kill all of them if i could. how the fuck can you preach such hate, for no fucking reason at all? you can say i'm gonna burn in hell for loving other women, but will it change what happens when YOU die? like my favorite comedian of all time, George Carlin said, "folks, there is no 'up there'." i'm not trying to force my beliefs on anyone who is religious, i'm just stating the truth. i love women and there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT. i will laugh as i burn in this so called "hell" you speak of, while you rot in the ground. thank you very much.
 
Posted by I Beat Down Skanks on Friday, September 04, 2009 - 10:32 PM
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samantha noelle
Samantha Noelle Miller

 
religion doesn't take your money. religion is something that you believe in. religion is not a building, or people, it's your heart and how you precede the Bible. I don't think one person is right (even me) because each book in the Bible was written for different people in those times. I went to bible school for 12 years, and even my teachers said that no matter how much we want to understand the Bible, we can't. But what we can do is to follow the golden rules, love your neighbors as yourselves, which INCLUDES gays.

what does the word christian mean?

CHRIST-like...Christ is love.. and if we follow that than people wouldn't be cursing at one another on here for the other ones thoughts.

 
Posted by samantha noelle on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:47 PM
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Cray Lynne.

 
Wow Kaci, I had no idea you were just learning about God hates Fags.
I use to get links to their site, and videos on youtube from/about them.
All the time. It was terrible.

And you'd have to watch the video of Matthew's funeral to even understand, what sick stuff they did. What those signs read, what they yelled at his family and friends as they were just trying to enter their loved ones funeral.
It was horrifying.
I was what 7? when this all happened.
and I remember it perfectly.
I remember that day being the day I decided to change the world <3

 
Posted by Cray Lynne. on Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 6:46 PM
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Lauren° Vamp†

 
I couldn't agree more. Those bastards were at a good friend of mine's funeral a few years back. He was a Marine. Killed in Iraq. It all makes me ill. Sick. Have you seen the woman spokesperson speak? She's a ruthless, ignorant, radical, backwoods wackjob. I applaud you for getting your feelings out on this.
 
Posted by Lauren° Vamp† on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 9:25 PM
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Intoxicating Poison

 
I am not a christian but I've read the bible....and in no way are these people christians...they don't even follow their own religious beliefs...they've altered it to fit their own purposes and needs...They are the ones who should be "condemned" if we were to go by their way of beliefs...I am just so sorry that there are still people out there like that...its horrible....If there is a god...I can't imagine him wanting everyone to be exactly the same....or like them....and Kat is right....there are a lot of people out there who don't want to join the christian "cult" becuz that's what these people make it out to be...a cult...they aren't spreading gods word in a way that makes people want to listen....

 
Posted by Intoxicating Poison on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 5:39 PM
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