Fred Phelps Going To Minnesota To Protest At The Funerals Of Bridge Victims

[DeSwiss]

Fred Phelps Is Coming

by: Eric Black
Tue Aug 07, 2007 at 10:27:54 AM



The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., plans to stage protests at funerals of victims of the 35W bridge collapse to state that God made the bridge fall because he hates America, and especially Minnesota, because of its tolerance of homosexuality. The church and its pastor, the Rev. Fred Phelps, have become notorious over recent years for their claim that the attack of 9/11 was an act of God's vengeance and their determination to make that case at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq.

In a press release issued the day after the bridge collapse, the church called for protests at the funerals and outlined its feelings about the relationship between God's plan and the sins of Minneapolis and Minnesota, which it calls the "land of the Sodomite damned." Reached at the church, Shirley Phelps Roper, who is both the daughter of the pastor and one of the attorneys for the church, said that America, and Minnesota especially, have alienated God by its tolerance for homosexuality, and that the bridge collapse was an act of God's vengeance. She said:

"The bridge stood in place by the word of God and it fell by the word of God...Each of these little events is just a harbinger of the coming destruction of this American experiment. We are delivering the final call of the doomed nation." She said, as they have done for years, members of the church would stand "lawfully and peacefully on the public right of way" near the funerals and "put in the air words of praying and instruction and warning."

The signs that the protesters will wave will read: "God cast down the bridge... Thank God for 9/11... America is doomed... God hates fags... God hates fag enablers... God hates Minnesota."

http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2184

*** - God I HATE these people!

[CoffeeCat]

1. I can't wait until one of his family members dies...

Oh, the signs we could make to display at that funeral!

[Ian David]

3. I promise to drop everything and go! n/t

[Hawaii Hiker]

8. When Fred Phelps dies, I will say

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[DeSwiss]

7. I'm working on mine now....

FREDDIE'S DEAD, THAT'S WHAT I SAID....

- * Sorry Curtis

[Ian David]

2. Wouldn't it be funny if a bridge collapses under The Phelps Family bus on his way there?

Come on, admit it... you know it would!

[DeSwiss]

11. Okay Ian...

...I'll be at least one who'll admit it. I'd laugh my ass off!!!

[Hawaii Hiker]

4. That old bastard Phelps,

might truly be the worst person in the world (no hyperbole)...

[Lex1775]

5. One day, someone is going to catch a couple of these bastards

without a police escort... and they are going to get the shit kicked out of them. And I won't be able to make myself feel bad... at all.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

12. TRUE SCUM

WHAT KIND OF CITY IS TOPEKA, ANYWAY????????????????????????

[MuseRider]

16. My city,

a good city, why do you ask?

[JackBeck]

6. As my husband just said:

"He's a fucking idiot. He's not ever worth the air anymore."

I've organized counterdemonstrations and raised money for LGBT organizations while he was in town. And I finally agree. He's not worth it anymore.

[book_worm]

9. One day some family member is going to beat the shit out of that bigot

and I doubt anybody would blame them either.

[hatrack]

29. That's why most of the "clan" are lawyers

Can't be too careful when you're a raving sociopathic homophobic bigot, doncha know?

[GaYellowDawg]

10. Someone needs to dump that piece of crap in the river.

That is, if doing so wouldn't violate pollution laws.

[Ian David]

13. And just in case someone doesn't already hate Phelps enough yet...

Pittsburgh bids farewell to Fred Rogers with moving public tribute

<snip>

The warmth and good feelings inside the hall sharply contrasted with the occasionally circus-like atmosphere outside.

A group of about a half dozen members of an anti-gay organization gathered at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Sixth Street to protest what they called Rogers' failure to condemn homosexuality. The group, which included an 8-year-old girl, held signs expressing their hatred of gays and, while standing on a torn American flag, their hatred of America.

They were met by about 150 counter-demonstrators, members of gay rights and peace groups, who marched along the sidewalks and sang songs from Rogers' program while holding signs calling for love and tolerance. While there were some heated exchanges, there were no arrests either there or at three other sites -- the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the University of Pittsburgh and Chatham College.

The anti-gay group, members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, has a history of picketing at funerals of gays and those they accuse of being supportive of gays. It is led by Fred Phelps, a self-proclaimed minister and disbarred attorney. He was not present at the demonstration yesterday.



Fred Rogers' widow, Joanne, left, greets friend and writer Jeanne Marie Laskas before yesterday's memorial service at Heinz Hall. (Steve Mellon, Post-Gazette)

More:
http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030504rogers0504p1.asp




And once again, some right-wing asshole Wikipedia editor has replaced the mention of Fred Phelps from the Mister Rogers entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers

Discussion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fred_Rogers#Protesters_at_the_memorial_.28aka__Fred_Phelps.2C_part_3.29

[Dob Bole]

14. Where does he get money to drive cars to places?

His "church" is only his family. Maybe some nutcases really are funding them from outside...

[JackBeck]

17. Lawsuits and outside funding. n/t

[CitizenLeft]

15. I try my best not to hate.

I really do. But when it comes to these evil freaks, I fail miserably.

[saltpoint]

18. That Fred Phelps is quite a charmer, ain't he?

Im assuming we're paying him to bray like a jackass at funerals to demonstrate to mainstream voters how dangerous the fundie Far Right really is, thus nudging them more and more to the blue team.

Tell me we're paying him.

Don't tell me he's doing this of his own volition.

[VP505]

24. He is just a little

misguided, he needs to be introduced to Louie you know for a little attitude adjustment. I would think about two good whacks up side of the head with a Louisville Slugger should just about do it.

[saltpoint]

28. Ah! THAT Louie.

I'd be afraid of ruining a perfectly useable ballbat, though.

I was thinking of something more along the line of a mysterious Natalie Wood-type disappearance over a boat rail.

Perferably in the Caribbean, where great whites cruise by the evil mansion of Dr. No.

That sort of thing.

[LiberalFighter]

19. He encourages terrorists therefore he is a terrorist

[Name removed]

20. Deleted message

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[Bluebear]

21. You ought to be ashamed of yourself with that talk.

[AngryOldDem]

22. Fuck that bastard

When he dies the celebration ought to surpass that of Mardi Gras.

What a piece of shit.

[Ilsa]

23. Hey Fred, I know of some old bridges you need to cross... nt

[Elidor]

25. It's like he wants to get his ass beat

He probably dreams of being a martyr. If I was that stupid, I'd want somebody to kill me, too.

[Wiley50]

26. It Was A TYPO, Fred!! The Bible Says " God Hates FIGS!!"

Godhatesfigs.com

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. No, God hates FUGS

Filthy bunch of East Village hippie Jews.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. No no no, He hates FOGS

And with good reason. They can cause nasty accidents.

[ingac70]

31. I've eaten so many fig newtons....

I am past redemption.
:eyes:

[slowry]

30. Freeze peach. n/t

[Richard Steele]

32. We really need local PD's to stop providing special protection to these hatemongers.

Everywhere they go, tax dollars are used to provide
them with their own personal bodyguards in the form
of On-Duty Police Officers. I counted over a dozen
cops guarding them when they showed up here to "protest"
a high school play.

I'd very much like to see that practice ended.

[jazzjunkysue]

33. One lunatic is just statistically unavoidable. It's his followers that really

don't make sense to me. How do you convince other people to go out in public with this nonsense?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

35. It's a cult.

And Phelps is a lunatic.

[Cheap_Trick]

36. Oh for christ's sake

would someone execute that fucker and his followers already. what an embarassment to humanity.