Updated: 25 Jan 2006, 8:03 pm
The Missouri legislature has passed a bill to limit Fred Phelps' ability to picket the funerals of dead service members with his "GOD HATES FAGS" and "THANK GOD FOR IEDs" signs.
This is a bad idea.
Fred Phelps is a moron and a coward. Every time I see or hear him, I have the most incredible urge to go home and take a bath. But ...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:48 am
Maybe Ted Haggard ought to get out in front of this one, too. We'll owe Sweden the apology:
Minister of hate to "hunt down" Swedish king
Phelps' hatred of the royal family and all things Swedish is linked directly to his equally virulent hatred of homosexuals. He praises homophobic crimes, including murder. When controversia...
Updated: 21 Feb 2006, 3:21 pm
And Americans, regardless of how they feel about gay people, have had enough.
Bikers roll to military funerals to oppose anti-gay protests
Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church prote...
Updated: 27 Mar 2006, 8:15 am
Cross-posted from the Fairness and Equality Blog:
Fred Phelps's klan was in town this weekend, though Phelps himself was not as far as I can tell. I managed to snap some pictures at the Capitol and at my church on Sunday:
Above: Margie Phelps and two young children at the Capitol on Thursday.
Above: A young teen thanking ...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:48 am
The Phelps klan made their tour through Colorado Springs last Friday, and they had such a great time they're coming back for more.
After picketing Palmer High School last Friday, the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church plans to return to Colorado Springs next week to protest Vice Mayor Richard Skorman.
The Topeka, Kan.-based...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:46 am
Meanwhile, a crowd estimated by sponsors at about 200 attended a sedate church tea several miles away to protest Phelps' group and to raise more than $3,000 for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
"We're sending a message, 'You are isolated, and you are not really welcome here with your message of hate,' " said D...
Updated: 29 May 2006, 4:08 pm
They got it a little better this time, but not by much. Regarding the Fred Phelps klan and the counter-protesters from freerepublic.com, AP states:
As throngs came to the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to honor the fallen on Memorial Day, a handful of protesters from an anti-gay group stood across a four-lane hi...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:48 am
But the Phelps klan got squelched yesterday by the good people of Colorado Springs. It's comforting to see their despciable hate speech serve as its own antidote...
Ten members of a Topeka, Kan., church famous for its demonstrations against the gay community received a rude welcome when they picketed Palmer High School Frida...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:46 am
Denver -- The Colorado Anti-Violence Program and the Center's Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) will hold a joint press conference tomorrow, Tuesday March 16th at 1 pm in the Press Room (Room 326) of the Capitol to announce the kick-off of a 10-day "Lemonade Campaign."
The Lemonade Campaign is being organized in response to ...
Updated: 22 Sep 2005, 12:48 am
On one hand, you've got James Dobson's genteel campaigns against gay people -- you know, the duplicitous "love the sinner, hate the sin" approach. A kinder, gentler bigotry that lurks at the heart of every supposedly dispassionate argument against letting gay people have the same tax, insurance, and inheritance rights as any...
