Westboro Baptist Church protested by ... Ku Klux Klan

What’s that about politics and strange bedfellows? Bet you didn’t see the KKK joining the protests against Westboro Baptist Church.

The Washington Post has the story:

As President Obama honored fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, three members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested the ceremony, holding signs that read “Pray for more dead soldiers” and “God hates your prayers,” as the controversial group has become known to do. They were met by about 70 counterprotesters, including members from a group just as contentious as the church: the Ku Klux Klan.

Dennis LaBonte, who told CNN he was a military veteran and the “imperial wizard” of a KKK chapter, said the approximately 10 members of the group came in “support of the troops.” LaBonte, who said he’s not a “hate-monger,” said he “thinks that it’s an absolute shame that [the WBC] show up and disrupt people’s funerals.” The group was cordoned off in a separate area and reportedly “drew little attention.”

WBC member Abigail Phelps said the KKK “have no moral authority on anything.”

I have to wonder if this is a bit of misdirection. I mean, the Ku Klux Klan certainly agrees with Westboro that God hates Jews, but they knew they couldn’t stand shoulder to shoulder with Westboro because of the added backlash against Westboro. So maybe it’s a faux protest.