Phelps Family to Protest Two Funerals of MN Bridge Collapse Victims

[Non-Sequitur]

This group protests at funerals of gay people, I guess to protest homosexuality?

No, this group protests at any funeral of note to protest against homosexuality. If they stuck to protesting funerals of gay men and women their wouldn't be as much opposition to them.

[Chode]

where do they get their money from...

[Non-Sequitur]

where do they get their money from...

They're lawyers. They have a legal practice in Topeka called Phelps Chartered. They've also won a number of lawsuits over the years.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

They also protest at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. They claim that God is punishing America because America tolerates homosexuality.

[don-o]

Mike Gallagher is known to have made deals with them - free air time on his show in exchanger for their calling off their nonsense

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

A useful reference to the background information on this group. True, wiki commentary itself is frequently a “non-reliable source”, but there are lots of links to check other sources and the claims in the wiki text.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church

[meyer]

When do we get to protest at a Phelps’ family funeral?

[Non-Sequitur]

They also protest at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. They claim that God is punishing America because America tolerates homosexuality.

I know. I live in Kansas and I've been watching the antics of the Phelps clan for years.

[LibLieSlayer]

If they had tried this crap in Mississippi after Katrina, they would all have been found hanging from a tree by their necks... and not one question would have been asked!

LLS

[Slings and Arrows]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_phelps

The Phelps spawn are parasites preying on a free society. They may be the price we have to tolerate for the rule of law, but damn, it can be high.

[Slings and Arrows]

P.S.:

[Uri’el-2012]

We need to pray for Fred Phelps to come to know Yah'shua.

[Slings and Arrows]

You are a far better person than me.

[PAR35]

Amoradocat
Since Aug 7, 2007

Old Sarge - here’s one that the kitties need to watch. I don’t think he likes ‘fundie religious group’s.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I think they’re a bunch of inbred morons who have discovered how to extend their 15 minutes of infamy indefinitely.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Do what you want, I’ll swear we were fishing on the Pecos at the time.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Are you kidding me? Gay rights groups have been fighting this organization since they tried to erect a statue “in honor” of Mathew Shepard. They had/have counters stating how many days in hell Diane Whipple and Mathew Shepard have endured. Call it for what it is, a fundie religious group. The Phelps family is in no way stupid or poor. O

I'd tend to agree except Phelps does not represent the religious right any more than Jim Jones represented communal left leaning religion. The Phelps are a crime family using "religion" as a cover.

[Lazamataz]

If these sub-humans showed up at the funeral of my father I’d be hard pressed not to f-— some people up seriously.

Sometimes, it makes perfect sense to do prison time.

[Lazamataz]

We need to pray for Fred Phelps to come to know Yah'shua.

We need to help him get to know Yah'shua.

In person.

[Brynn2007]

I emailed the MN captain of the Patriot Guard and he said that this is kind of outside the scope of what they do, which I thought might be the case. At any rate, they only become involved when the family invites them there as guests.