Westboro Baptist Church Organizes Homophobic Anti-Obama Protest Outside Sasha And Malia’s School
Westboro Baptist Church Organizes Homophobic Anti-Obama Protest Outside Sasha And Malia’s School
Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group that goes around the country staging anti-gay rallies at some of the most inappropriate places (e.g. the funerals of former White House press secretary Tony Snow, victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, and U.S. troops) with messages like “Thank God For AIDS” and “God Hates Fags.”
This week, they’re bringing their hateful message to children in Washington, DC, planning pickets at a handful of local schools. This morning, they showed up outside of Sidwell Friends, the school that Sasha and Malia Obama attend. On Twitter, Megan Phelps-Roper — one of Fred Phelps’ grandchildren — posted a picture of the protest:
Washington Post education reporter Michael Birnbaum said that he spent the morning at the protest, and MSNBC host David Shuster wrote, “Hopefully, some of the more rational conservatives/republicans will condemn this stuff today. It was beyond the pale.” ThinkProgress contacted Sidwell for more details on the protest and are awaiting a response.
In the past, extreme anti-choice activist Randall Terry has also targeted the Obama children’s school, saying, “We will continue to show images of aborted babies at high schools, no matter what the cost.”
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They have gone to far. This is a direct threat. They should all be arrested.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:55 amHumans create God in Our Own Image, don’t we?
These person’s God is as ugly and evil as they are. I don’t think they’ll enjoy the afterlife any more than they enjoy this life.
I feel a little sorry for the kids, being abused in this manner. Too bad kids can’t divorce their parents.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:56 amWhat would Jesus say?
November 9th, 2009 at 10:57 amAh — the Fred Phelps loonies, from whom we haven’t heard in awhile, have apparently moved from picketing the funerals of our soldiers and are now targeting children with their hateful rhetoric.
Always classy…
November 9th, 2009 at 10:57 amArrested, children placed into foster homes, and the church disbanded. As a start to ending this hare-brained lunacy.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:57 amI’m referring to the protesting kids, not the school kids, tho the comment is true so far as they’re being abused, too. Not their parent’s fault.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:57 amIn the picture attached to this article, why is that pathetic girl, with her pathetic sign, hiding behind those sunglasses? I believe that is cowardice and nothing else since the weather doesn’t appear to be particularly sunny.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am“Hopefully, some of the more rational conservatives/republicans will condemn this stuff today…”
Rational conservatives/republicans? No such thing.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:01 amLike I always say, the Phelps clan are more fun than a barrel full of Bible-thumping monkeys.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:02 amTo the right wing extremists, even children are nothing more than props.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:02 amThese people are downright evil. They picket service men, victims of hate crimes, now they are protesting in front of the President’s childrens school? President Obama has had more death threats than any other President. I would view this as a threat. The Wingers are becoming more unhinged. Dr. Tilman, that Security guard at the Museum… This has to end.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:03 amWestboro Baptist Church – god’s tea baggers.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:03 amUpon researching these mucking forons, one will realize that Phelps & Co. are money hunting lawyers who strive (and I mean STRIVE) on these heated protests, in hopes that someone, anyone, will lose their cool and assault them.
With hundreds of cameras around as proof.
Staging a certain lawsuit, probably in the millions.
Don’t be fooled. They are not about the preachings of Christ.
They are all about the MONEY!
Simply ignore (or laugh).
Eventually, with no court dates and no law suits, they will disappear.
Until the next ‘hot bed’ event.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:03 amIf I may quote one of Jesus’ sayings from the cross as recorded in Scripture, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing”. Fred Phelps thinks he is doing God’s work, but he is as mistaken as the Pharisees were about what he is doing.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:04 amUm…”God is your enemy”??? What, exactly, is that supposed to mean?
If the goal of Westboro Baptist is to convince evil-doers they should repent their sins and change their ways, telling them that God is their enemy probably isn’t the best way to do that.
But I suspect their message is more along the lines of “We hate you, and therefore God hates you.” They don’t want to evangelize — they just want to hate.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:04 amHate on haters. The collective intelligence of the members of this so called church, must be in the single digits.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:05 amLoving Christian Family Values on display.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:06 amCrap people with a crap religion…
These are the true faces of the repiggie party.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amTargeting school kids is cowardly, picking on the defenseless.
Targeting the Obama’s school is directed cruelty.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amWhere are the Patriot Guard Riders when you need them?
Westboro is considered, even by other Evangelicals, as a radical hate group. Hell, even O’Reilly and Hannity went off on Shirley Phelps-Roper. I mean, I fully expect them to remain silent, but they’re not gonna support Westboro.
These people are the scum of the Earth, every bit as reprehensible as Harkat ul-Mujahideen or Kach. Just because you don’t physically engage in violence…doesn’t mean you can foment it at will.
These people make a mockery of the free speech laws that make this country so great.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amI am your friend.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amJust think of the upbringing of these people. Teaching this kind of ‘Religion’ is nothing more than child abuse. The fact that these people have been able to get away with this behavior is shocking. Where is Children Services? Why haven’t the authorities stepped in? If I did this to my children, Children Services would be all over my ass.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amFrankly, I am surprised that these idiots aren’t hanging around Fort Hood right about now.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:10 amThese people are SICK.
And…this is no “church”.
It’s a domestic terrorist organization.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:10 amIf progressives pulled this sort of thing outside Michelle Bachmann’s house, they would be immediately arrested.
There is always a different set of rules for the repiggies.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:11 amkellygrrrl says:
November 9th, 2009 at 11:11 amLoving Christian Family Values
As common as unicorns.
I wonder how these people would respond to a pro-gay rights, anti-hate rally outside of their church on Sunday mornings. The fact that this hasn’t happened is probably due to two reasons: the rest of us aren’t as mean-spirited as they are and we can anticipate a violent response as a reaction.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:12 amI cant figure out why these idiots care about what other people do. Its none of their freakin business. How does it effect them personally? It doesnt, I wish they would just STFU and beat it.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:14 amYa really gotta wonder about a deranged whackjob (Fred Phelps) who is soooooooooo flamingly homophobic he recruits all his inbred family to his “cause” and calls the whole sick mess a “church”.
Methinks Klan Phelps do protest, way, _way_ WAAAAAAAAAYYY too much.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:15 amWell, I expect to see them in front of the new church that Ted Haggard is starting, right?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:16 amPhelps has a gay son with whom he has no contact, and who lives far away from the family.
Randall Terry has a lesbian daughter with whom he has no contact, and who lives far away from the family.
So much for “Christian” love…
November 9th, 2009 at 11:20 amPLC@27: I think you’re onto something. If Bachmann (R-Batshitosota) can get about 4000 of her lemmings to waste government time protesting health care, we should be able to get quite a few of our folks (i.e., sane, rational people) to protest outside these nutjobs’ church, shouldn’t we? I’m in…
November 9th, 2009 at 11:21 amUSN@5, Far be it of me to tell people how to raise their children. But I agree with you. Arrest them, and put the children in foster homes. It’s the only chance they have of a normal life. This is child abuse, plain and simple. If this were anyone else besides Fred Phelp’s family, the authorities would have stepped in by now. It’s disgusting really.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:21 am“…why is that pathetic girl … hiding behind those sunglasses?”
Well, cowardice is one of the foundations for all wingnut behavior. But I’d say she wants to conceal that her eyes are whirling like the villain in “Who Killed Roger Rabbit?”
November 9th, 2009 at 11:21 amTerrorism – the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes
Hmmm… seems to me that we have a terrorist group here. I wonder how long until Senator Lieberman uses his bully pulpit to go after Phelps?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:23 amTwo thoughts:
1. I can’t help but wonder what family gatherings are like in the Phelps home–i.e. Christmas
2. I think it’s time for an end to tax exempt status for churches of any kind.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am“…I am surprised that these idiots aren’t hanging around Fort Hood …”
They’re cowards. I’m sure they know they’d get the crap beaten out of them faster than they can manufacture it. And any lawsuits they filed…well, wouldn’t go too far.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 amFor people who claim to be for doing the right thing, they sure seem not to know what that means.
Using these childrens lives as political tools is evil.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 amExploiting children at schools…..where is the “outrage” on fox news and all the “concerned parents” who were so worried about the dangers of Obama’s speech to the children………
November 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am“God is your enemy” No,the protesters are the enemy.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:27 amYou’ll all have to forgive me for this but, I wish a long, slow, and painfull death for every one of these disgusting parasites!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:27 amPhelps has a gay son with whom he has no contact, and who lives far away from the family.
Randall Terry has a lesbian daughter with whom he has no contact, and who lives far away from the family.
So much for “Christian” love…
You see its not their fault they are gay! Its your fault or my fault or there fault or that devil hiding behind that tree over there!!!
Same with Limbaughs drug addiction. Not his fault he didnt have the intestinal fortitude to not get hooked on drugs. Those pills just rolled up and jumped into his snoring maw.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:28 amWell at least the congregation of the westborough “church” can teach the children the dangers of inbreeding through example.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:28 amPatrioticLiberalChristian says:
“Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing”. Fred Phelps thinks he is doing God’s work
No. I’m sorry. Fred Phelps know exactly what he’s doing. He and his following are sick singleminded fanatics bend on disgusting decent people just for their own enrichment and their own glory (in their minds). Phelps and following are NOT Christians, but Phelpsians.
Reminds me of a quote by Gandi:
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Gandi
November 9th, 2009 at 11:30 amWhat would Jesus do? I’m sure the Lord would condemn behavior like this. But Jesus is a forgiving man. I wonder why these people feel that God speaks through them? Funny how these people rely on the Old Testament and never the New Testament.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:31 amIf the Phelps people prove anything, it’s that religion is dead. It has become the refuge for marginal minds and those who are scared of their own shadow.
Thinking, reasonable people ought to just give it up while they still have their sanity.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am“God is your enemy”
Where in the Bible does it state that?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:35 amThe evidence of their pathological delusion is that they presume to speak for God.
Why do they think that they know what God is thinking and whom God considers an enemy?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:36 amCOProgressive, I think it is far better to refer to these people as “Christian Pharisees” rather than Phelpsians. First, they should understand the idea that Jesus really confronted the vile, selfish, greedy, fanatics known as Pharisees of his time, calling them hypocrites and vipers. Secondly, “Phelpians” would feed into Phelps’ narcissism.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am“God is your enemy”
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November 9th, 2009 at 11:37 amI knew something didn’t seem right about that god….
There really doesn’t seem to be much of a difference between Westboro and the Yearning For Zion clan.
You know, the Fundamentalist Mormons who believe polygamy is sacrosanct and that girls as young as 12 should be taken as brides?
It’s just a different type of child abuse, and nearly as heinous.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:38 amHere’s my question: Why does anyone even pay these wingnuts any attention? They appear to be just media whores, plain and simple. There are like, maybe, seven of them, all in the same family. They obviously have nothing substantive to say — they just travel around the country trying to devise new schemes to get attention. If we ignore them, they’ll go away. Set phasers to “yawn…”
November 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Gandi
How long is this going to be an excuse? How much longer before reasonable, thinking people decide they do not want to be associated in any way with crazy, misanthropic religious fanatics?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:38 amThese are the people that Homeland security is watching closely. They are the fringe, nearly violent in public but totally violent behind closed doors.
They are un-American.
They are the religious nuts that promote the hatred and bigotry that pushed an American Muslim over the edge.
They are the adult equivilent of the bullies of Columbine.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:40 amGod is your enemy.
Huh.
So Lucem Ferre is thy friend?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:42 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Wait. Gays are in grade school getting each other pregnant and aborting the unborn?
I dont think the parents are going to be very happy about showing those images to kids. I wouldnt be.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:44 ambureaucrap, that’s what the Jews said in 1929 Germany.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:45 amPastcaring @ 36, I especially agree with you at point #2.
In a detailed online bio at fredphelps.com, I found this line to be the creepiest:
“The church at Westboro which he leads has 71 confirmed members, 60 of whom are related to Phelps through blood or marriage or both.“
November 9th, 2009 at 11:45 amHi megan:
November 9th, 2009 at 11:46 amWhich god are we talking about?
Xisithrus says:
Well, I expect to see them in front of the new church that Ted Haggard is starting, right?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:46 am————————————————————–
Would that be the Crystal METHodist Church…?
We wouldn’t have to picket if you would stop teaching your children rebellion against God!
You just have to be a parody. My daughter went to Baptist schools as a kid and never have I taught her what she can or can not be. Stop putting your beliefs unto me.
My soul is safe, my child is mine and you DO NOT have the permission to act as my representative.
GOT IT?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:46 ammeganphelps
When we present Jesus as a pro-war, pro-capital punishment, anti-poor, anti-homosexual, anti-environment, pro-nuclear weapons authority figure draped in an American flag, I think we are making a travesty of the portrait of Jesus we find in the gospels.
You are a false prophet.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:47 ammegan can we become facebook friends? I have so many things to discuss with you… Now about this shellfish thing. Are you into shrimp or not?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:48 am61 LOL fester.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:48 amMegan Phelps-Roper — one of Fred Phelps’ grandchildren — posted a picture of the protest:
is that child part of the group in the background? (i will not click to the twitter page)
is that child advised to wear sunglasses to hide her identity?
is that child being interviewed by Children and Family Services?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:48 amThese religious zealots have taken the bible and twisted it to push their hateful, unGodly rhetoric. God knows what these false Christians and false prophets are up to and will judge them accordingly!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:48 ammeganphelps
Practice what you preach:
More Republican Hypocrisy: Bible Belt States Have the Highest Divorce Rates. And they Worry About Gay Marriage?
Christian conservatives are hellbent on keeping gays from marrying, saying such same-sex unions are an affront to the great institution of marriage, threatening the very social, emotional and legal fabric which binds a man and woman in holy matrimony. Ironically however, it’s these very same bible-thumpers who have the highest divorce rates in the country. The Bible Belt is the breeding ground for broken marriage.
Despite this fact, the right wing evangelical fanatics like to point to states like “liberal” Massachusetts, holding it up as some sort of Sodom and Gomorrah. To the contrary, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the country at 2.4 per 1,000 population.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the states with the highest divorce rates are to be found in the Bible Belt, where they exceed by 50% the national average of 4.2 per thousand people. The 10 Southern states with some of the highest divorce rates were Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North and South Carolina, Florida, Arizona and Texas. By comparison nine states in the Northeast– where allegedly amoral, faithless, Volvo-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, NY Times-reading lefties are found–were among those with the lowest divorce rates: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Perhaps these born-again Christians should actually practice what they preach. Family values? Now that’s a joke.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:49 ammeganphelps says:
We wouldn’t have to picket if you would stop teaching your children rebellion against God!
And how were the slain soldiers you’ve picketed “against God?”
You are following a false religion and a false prophet.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:49 ampost #56:
Good one!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:49 amNo seriously, you’ve mocked the Phelps clan very well.
I give it a “10″!
49. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:
I think it is far better to refer to these people as “Christian Pharisees” rather than Phelpsians.
I respectfully disagree. Pharisees were a sect of jews that became the mainstream Jewish religion we know today. Using Pharisee as a discription of Phelps and his following is incorrect. They aren’t following the teachings of Christ either, they are following the teaching of Fred Phelps, hence Phelpsians. They most definately are not Christians.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:51 amevangenital at 11:11 am
“If progressives pulled this sort of thing outside Michelle Bachmann’s house, they would be immediately arrested.
There is always a different set of rules for the repiggies.”
Yes, why isn’t there a designated protest zone, at least half a mile down the road?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:52 amI did not elect Megan Phelps, or anyone else for that matter, to represent me or my views or to indoctrinate my children into their belief system
Let me make this very clear Phelps.
YOU are NOT to stick words into my mouth or soul at anytime for any of your rational.
When I die I will face whatever it is I must face and you, none of you, are my Judge and you will face what you will face for JUDGING others.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:52 amFurther, if they produce a baby in the middle of their sexual perversions, they should just feel free to murder it.
A married couple having sexual perversions?
And here I was taught that it was a gift from God.
Who knew?
And murdering a human after it’s born is against the law, so I fail to see your point.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:53 amYo Megan…one man, one woman, for life You better preach that to Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, David Vitter, Larry Craig and John Ensign….
November 9th, 2009 at 11:54 amThese idiots were protesting at the high school where I work just a few weeks ago. We all just ignored them and they eventually crawled back into the hole from which they came.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:55 amMegan, how come you continue to call me after our wonderfully perverse one night stand? You do realize it WAS just a one night stand! I hope your arse has healed. I can’t believe you liked to be spanked so much and so hard. My hand was sore for weeks. I can’t believe you’re such a little tramp. Where did you learn all those tricks with your tongue? The other girl that was with us really enjoy that tongue of yours too. You’re so talented, but way too dirty for me. Have a great week!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:57 ammeganphelps, are you really a female? Why are you lecturing men about religious doctrine? Doesn’t Scripture tell you to sit quietly in the back and just follow either your father or husband?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:57 ammehgan is just another coward.
Knows what to say, just doesn’t know what it means or how to defend it.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:57 amone man, one woman, for life
Has to be a parody..
November 9th, 2009 at 11:57 ammeganphelps says:
Spittle spittle tar and twittle nothing real but everything little.
Visual: Hamster on exercise wheel spinning furiously, going nowhere.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:59 amPssst Megan…
Luke 6:37 – Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
James 4:11-12 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:59 amReally, guys. Come on. Do you think the real Megan would be here posting?
I say “parody troll”.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:59 amMeganPhelps: “We wouldn’t have to picket if you would stop teaching your children rebellion against God!”
You don’t know God is angry. You’re simply pretending to know. You don’t know what God thinks. You just think you do. You people talk about the “elites.” But, at the same time, you claim a special relationship with God. Doesn’t that make you an “elite” by definition?
Tell me. You should know this because you’re such a expert on what God thinks: when God said there were two sources of light in the Heavens, was he lying or was he mistaken? Because, we all know that our planet has one source of productive light – the Sun. The moon reflects that source. The moon is not the source. Was God mistaken, or was he lying?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:59 amGod would have to exist to be your enemy.
I think it is their minds (what is left of it) that is their enemy.
What low life scum these morons are.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:00 pmLuis: “I say “parody troll”.”
It doesn’t matter. It might as well be Megan Phelps.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:01 pmAnti-gay rallies ? Why are they against the Republican Party ?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:01 pmAnd Fox “news” will condemn this for days. Right.
Sounds to me as though these Westboro creeps should be labeled as child predators.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:02 pmCome on Megan, don’t run away after dropping your little self righteous turds. Defend them. You are just another religious wingnut who takes selected scripture to make a point but have no clue as to the real teachings of Jesus Christ.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:03 pmSomeone please explain to me why the christian (small letter) religious right is any better than the Islamic extremists? They act the same and use the same tactics, maybe worse. Why do they think they have the moral high ground?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:08 pmMegan Phelps is Satan incarnate.
Don’t listen that creature of Hell!
She is a wraith, a harlot and a Jezebel, a forsaken daughter of Eve!
November 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pmMegan,
The Book of Leviticus REQUIRES that fathers sell thier daughters into slavery. Failure to do so is a stoning offense.
Are you down with that? Why are you not a slave now? Is it because your father is a sinner and forsakes the word of Gawd. You and your dad will rot in hell for this, according to Leviticus. And this is from your infallible BuyBull.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pmThe Reverend Phelps is gay and hates himself for it. I’d bet a hundred dollars on that.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pmdixie blood: “The Book of Leviticus REQUIRES that fathers sell thier daughters into slavery. Failure to do so is a stoning offense.”
That’s absolutely right. And, I think that little girl is wearing mixed fibers. This is strictly forbidden. I don’t think the offense calls for stoning. I think you lose slaves or something, but one thing is for sure – Leviticus would be pissed off over those clothes young lady!
November 9th, 2009 at 12:11 pmI wonder where Fred Phelps keeps his secret stash of gay porn.
It’s always the men who screamed the most hysterically against homo sex that are the same men who yearn and pine so deeply for it.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm#95 evangenital,
Just like Ted Haggard…
November 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pm@ 70. DRxJ says: post #56: Good one! No seriously, you’ve mocked the Phelps clan very well. I give it a “10?! November 9th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I thought her links just made it perfect. It isn’t every parody troll that’s so deep.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pmIf these are not domestic terrorists, I don’t know what is. Put all these hate-filled loons in jail….they are dangerous.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pmPhelps has vivid dreams of hot male on male sweaty sex.
He is a power bottom in his dreams from midnight to six in the morning.
Then, it’s back to the grim reality, his own hetero prison he carefully constructed.
What a tragic figure…
November 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pm“60 of whom are related to Phelps through blood or marriage or both.“
Do I smell incest?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:24 pmSomeone should tell the Phelps cult that protesting outside an elementary school is so campy it’s gay.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:25 pmRational conservatives/republicans?
Oxymoron.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pmWill the Phelps critters boycott Sarah Palin after Levi Johnson, the father of her grandson, show his wee-wee for all the world to see?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pmThe Secret Service is on the job. I hope the Phelps clan takes one step over the line and have end up having a close and personal meeting with the Secret Service.
When I was looking at videos of last Thursday’s protesters outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office, I saw Randall Terry in the crowd urging teabaggers to tear up pages of the bill, but he was careful not to be caught on camera tearing up pages himself. I also saw him ducking his head and covering his face when he thought the cameras were on him.
Operation Rescue and the Phelps clan are the worst kind of cowards. I wish it had been possible to keep the members of Operation Rescue who were arrested at the dem press conference last week locked up. The world would be a much better place.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:32 pmmeganphelps says:
November 9th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I’m sorry you were raised with hate and fear all your life. You were an innocent baby, filled with the wonder of the newness of the world, and your family — the people who are supposed to love you the most — opened your precious mind and filled it with the worst hate imaginable.
Since you proudly posted a picture of yourself holding such a sign, I can only assume that you have bought into the hate — out of agreement that humans (like you) are such vile beings, deserving of your hate, or out of some sense of what it took to survive in the Phelps family.
It appears you are an adult now, and as tragic as your childhood was, you are now responsible for how you live your life. Choose to do the easy thing, and perpetuate this disgusting hate into your own children, or do the extremely difficult thing, and break this horrific cycle.
Either way, it’s your choice.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pmThe Phelps’s and their entire family clan are the complete antithesis of true Christianity.
Not once do they spend time helping the poor or disadvantaged. They are NOT following the example led by Jesus.
These sick and disturbed people spend so much time telling God how he should act, and not one single minute acting like Jesus said they should.
I will pray that the Phelps’s people face their lies before they end up burning in hell. They will regret their behavior, but only after God tells tham that they spend not one iota of time practicing Christian values.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pmI wonder what the Phelps excuse is for Shirly Roper Phelps having a child out of wedlock?
It’s not like she’s kept in the background either instead they let her be the spokes person for the WBC.
Matthew 7:4 “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:57 pmDemocrat Soldier: “The Phelps’s and their entire family clan are the complete antithesis of true Christianity.”
“Democrat” is not an adjective. The adjective you’re looking for is “Democratic.” Using “democrat” as an adjective was first popularly used by Repub red-baiter Joe McCarthy, the most disgusting and reviled American politician of the 50’s. You certainly don’t want to be associated with him, do you?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pmmeganphelps says:
“You teach them that…they can fornicate like there’s no tomorrow…”
Sounds good to me!
November 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pmHow much for your daughters?
Should’t that kid in the photo be in school? Seriously…
November 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pmSo, for such a small church/cult, the Phelps’ do seem to have sufficient bank to travel the world to picket ALL the big events. Forget New Orleans; they’ve gone repeatedly to picket the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia.
Isn’t tax-free status just a kick?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:17 pmmocha,
I’ll bet that kid is “home-schooled”…
Points for the best re-definition of that term…anyone?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:19 pmI’ve been doing some reading on the Phelps crew (yick), and apparently they find America “disgusting,” but they stay.
I wonder why?
It’s the money, ba-bee!!!
November 9th, 2009 at 1:22 pmbarracks9 says:
mocha, I’ll bet that kid is “home-schooled”…
Points for the best re-definition of that term…anyone?
Locally indoctrinated?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm“God is your enemy”… “God hates”…
Yep, that’s some real Christian values ya got goin’ on there.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:31 pmHey guys – don’t knock home schooling…I was – and deveoloped a love for science…my favorite topic is The Old Testament ;)
November 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pmMeganPhelps you are STUPID
You are a hateful bigot. God is NOT on your side. It is too bad you and yours are too stupid to understand the simple concept. You are an embarassment to decent Christians, and frankly decent human beings. If you find yourself siding with the kind of hateful stupidity your Phelps clan spews you should take stock of your pathetic lives and begin to actually HAVE a life. One not based on hatred and making other people as miserable as possible. Now go and be a kooky moron no more
November 9th, 2009 at 1:43 pmAren’t there stalking laws for which these people can be arrested?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pmMaybe the poor sign holder is dyslexic, who just happens to be a cat lover?
November 9th, 2009 at 2:08 pmi wonder if they’d burst into flames if you threw holy H2O on them? it’s worth a try!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:10 pmHey Fundamentalists:
How about More Fun and Less Mental?
Love,
November 9th, 2009 at 2:28 pmCrackbaby
Your Mission, Mr Phelps, should you choose to accept it, is to be a disengenuous pain in the ass, showing up at the most inappropriate of venues to spread your vicious hate message.
This voice in your head will self destruct in five seconds.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pmSo, hopefully someone in government will kick the asses of Phelps and his attorney daughter to hell. The man and his followers are a disgrace to humanity and are taking up oxygen from deserving people.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pmOK, I have to ask… If there is only one family in this church… where are the children and grandchildren coming from?
If they do not reproduce, won’t this just be a self-limiting Church? I can’t imagine too many potential mates buying into having to protest military funerals, etc. unless they are of the same church. In which case, wouldn’t they be a relative? They don’t seem to be attracting too many additional followers.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:08 pmWhy? Fred Phelps has run for public office 5 times. As a Democrat. He supported Al Gore. That’s not to say he he is a typical Democrat. But he sure is not a Conservative. He’s a nut.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pmscotth
True enough. Though Zell Miller was also a Dem AND every bit of a conservative. Phelps stench doesnt belong to cons. He is just flat out nutso
November 9th, 2009 at 3:26 pmThese people are just plain VILE.
And they should be arrested – they are domestic terrorists who are threatening children.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pmcaption…
Extremist home-schooler Science Fair project.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pmThe picture of the “God is your enemy”
Why is he holding a sideways French Flag ?
Does he want us to become French ?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pmThis is why incest is a crime.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:24 pmApparently these freaks are now saying that “god” sent the shooter at Fort Hood.
I guess they’ll be heading down there for the funerals.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:31 pmI hope there is a lot of closet space in that church. This kind of passion comes from somewhere an it OBVIOUSLY isnt religious devotion
November 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pmThey’ve got it wrong. It should be “god hates FIGS”.
http://www.godhatesfigs.net
November 9th, 2009 at 5:41 pmLeave it to the Quakers to act like Christians in the face of monsters.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:47 pmEveryone loathes the Westboro cult. But they represent no one but themselves. I’m an Atheist myself but I’ve got loads of Christian friends and family who think these loons should be banned from harrassing people at funerals, etc.
But not surprised the granola-munchin’, birketstock-footed crowd would try and portray these mental patients as typical of Conservatives. Ironically, these kooks have a lot more in common with the hate-filled Libs who show up in masks at pro-illegal alien rallies, throwing bottles at cops.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pmLiberalSUCKINGcoward
I am not suprised and COWARDcons like you who HATE America and love to see Americans DIE because you are such a miserable pile of dogshit you cant stand ANYONE happy who is smarter and better than you. Since that is EVERYONE you just want Americans to DIE
November 9th, 2009 at 11:31 pm@ 135. LiberalSlayer says: … I’m an Atheist myself …
But not surprised the granola-munchin’, birketstock-footed crowd would try and portray these mental patients as typical of Conservatives. Ironically, these kooks have a lot more in common with the hate-filled Libs who show up in masks at pro-illegal alien rallies, throwing bottles at cops. November 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
WTF? Birketstock? It’s Birkenstock, LS, and lest ye forget that you probably think of yourself as the rational capitalist truthteller on this thread, instead of an adolescent poopmonger, Birkenstock happens to be a perfectly legitimate footwear company; they’ve been around quite a bit longer than Nike or Teva. According to Wikipedia, Johann Adam Birkenstock was registered as a shoemaker in 1774. Yes, at one time they were the choice of trustafarians worldwide, but there are other people who wear them too. It’s kind of like that deal with Volvos; people were always accusing Volvo drivers of being liberals, when the owners were just people who knew quality when they saw it. Even Ford thought Volvo was good enough to buy the company. Consider stopping with the stereotyping-by-products-purchased; it’s juvenile.
The liberals I know don’t throw bottles at anyone, including the police. Some of them might stand around with a sign at an anti-war or peace demonstration and get crap thrown at them by idiots, but generally, they don’t engage in violent acts.
As for your mask-wearing, bottle throwing friends, that doesn’t sound like liberals at all. That sounds like you’re trying to conflate the ‘anarchist’ crowd with liberals, except for the pro-illegal alien demo part. Please provide a link to a reputable source of information on such a demonstration.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:52 am#108 – NinerFan says:
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““Democrat” is not an adjective. The adjective you’re looking for is “Democratic.” Using “democrat” as an adjective was first popularly used by Repub red-baiter Joe McCarthy, the most disgusting and reviled American politician of the 50’s. You certainly don’t want to be associated with him, do you?”
November 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
You raise an interesting point. When anyone asks me “Are you a republican or democrat?” I respond with “Democrat.
Therefore, I’m a Democrat who happens to be a veteran. That is why I chose “Democrat Soldier” to describe myself. I could have gone with “Gay Soldier”, but that’s who I am, not what I chose to be. I could have gone with “Gay Christian Soldier”, but same thing applies to “Gay Soldier”, and I don’t want to be associated with the funda-freaks that shove their rel;igious lifestyle in your face, no matter what you think about God.
It’s semantics, but I’m stick with “Democrat Soldier”. Please, don’t confuse me with the right-whiners! I don’t whine, like the right-whiners do all the time! ;-)
November 10th, 2009 at 9:14 am#135 – LiberalSlayer says:
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“Ironically, these kooks have a lot more in common with the hate-filled Libs who show up in masks at pro-illegal alien rallies, throwing bottles at cops.”
November 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Oh, you just don’t know how wrong you are. No surprise there. The Westboro cult has so much more in common with the corporate hoodwinked “tea baggers” who are doing their protests at the whims of big business than with any other group out there. All you have to do is talk to them, and it all becomes clear. They have their extremist agenda and no amount of truth or facts will change their minds!
The Westboro Teabagger Church cult! Not quite as good as Blue Oyster, but just as loud and thousands of more times as obnoxious as the teabaggers who hate free speech!
That’s another thing they have in common! Teabaggers shout down their opponents rather than engage in debate! They’d rather hear their own screams than allow anyone else the opportunity to speak freely! So do the Westboro cult members!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:19 amPhelps and his kind are not to be hated, but pitied. The torment these demented souls must be living with every moment of their lives is like many other mental afflictions.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:21 amBUT…
When they cross the line by breaking laws and endangering the well-being of others, they should be treated in the same way other sufferers of mental illness are when they become dangerous (as opposed to offensive) to those around them. They should be placed in protective custody and treated for their illness.
The REAL shame is on those who use others’ hate to rationalize their own, and on those otherwise intelligent people who supress their own humanity to advance their political and financial status by pandering to the haters who do live among us.