On the “God Hates Fags” website, Phelps has this to say about the upcoming protest in Boston:
BCA Black Box Theatre – God Sent Matt 2 Hell! 527-551 Tremont Street. Matt is in Hell! Deal with it. Just read Romans 1, and see him and you in those words, and finally this: Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have in them that do them. AMEN!
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of the “Fred has helped raise X dollars for LGBT civil rights!” sign. I just hope the Phelps Cult shows. For the past few years, since Fred began to be as feeble in body as in mind, they have promised to show up at many more events than they actually have. Most recently, they missed a very major event they promised to picket: Del Martin’s funeral. And Fred rarely makes it out of his crypt any more; his daughter Shirley Phelps Roper seems to be the acting manager of the franchise these days.
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p>If they do make it to Boston, I hope you can get a snap of Brian & Amy with their like-minded cohorts. Or of Kris Mineau grinding his teeth at a distance because he so wants to be holding those signs, but knows he can’t publicly express his true contempt for LGBT people. I wonder if the Wirthlins or the Parkers will show.
it was awesome. We raised a lot of money (for a last minute fundraiser especially) and had a similar sign. It really pulled people together in a positive way – instead of being about Phelps, or hate, it was about gathering together and doing something good in the world.
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p>And I do bet it really pisses them off too.
What provoked the Dracut incident was an essay contest in the schools, the topic being influential/admirable women. The girl who wrote the winning essay chose Ellen DeGeneres as her subject. The essay was about Ellen’s career and I believe did not even mention that Ellen is a lesbian, but it provoked Phelps anyway. I have been substitute teaching in the Dracut schools for several years and knew the girl. I remember feeling bad for her because she was not the type who would intentionally court controversy.
they are really coming this time. There are two protests scheduled earlier in the day and one in Manchester, NH. I bet they are flying into Manchester and then heading down to Boston. I counter-protested them when they were here 3 years ago. That was fun, but it can get nasty. The Phelps-A-Thon will bring a much more positive message.
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p>Thanks for your support!!!
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p>Feel bad for the kid though…
Nothing makes me want to scream more than seeing a small child holding a sign like that. As the song from South Pacific says: “You’ve got to be carefully taught to hate.”
This passage is always cited, but there are two problems with it.
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p>First, they are St. Paul’s opinions, to which he is entitled, but with which the rest of us are under no obligation to agree. Jesus Himself didn’t say a word on this matter.
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p>Second, the passage could be read to condemn unspecified unnatural and perverse behaviors, such as promiscuity and gratuitous lust as opposed to being a homosexual.
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p>Of course, there is the whole matter of having been written almost 2000 years ago so the relevance to today is questionable at best anyway.
I don’t know if it was you or Phelps, but a word got left out of that passage, and it had me scratching my head wondering what it meant until I went and looked it up elsewhere.
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p>The actual passage is, “Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Gotta admit, it makes much more sense with the word “pleasure” in there…
like all verses, comes in many flavors.
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p>Romans 1:32 from assorted different translations.
Having read the whole “relevant passage” per your link, it seems to say nothing whatever about gay people. Bizarre.
… otherwise we’d stone people to death and we’d think Jesus permitted slavery. Not surprisingly, the interpretation of such a document that needs such ‘reading in to’ says much about the interpreter.
Let me say this guy and this stuff makes me SICK. Just go away. Loser. I hope most Republicans agree with me, around here I suspect they do. I wonder what makes someone so hateful.
1.) Fact is that Phelps was (is?) a Democrat. 2.) Phelps and his crew are extremist nuts that makes the usual fringe suspects on both sides of the aisle look centrist and moderate by comparison.
According to a sister in Topeka, Phelps has run in several Democratic primaries, but mostly to gain a platform. There’s no evidence that he’s actually a Democrat in any meaningful sense. In practice, he’s mostly just anti-US, since he 1) supports a theocracy and 2) believes we’re “a nation of flag worshipping idolators.”
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p>As a further example, he spread rumors of Fred Phelps Jr hosting fund raisers for Al Gore, with Al and Tipper in attendance. Al vehemently denies this. It’s pretty clearly BS, since Westboro picketed Gore’s father’s funeral. Westboro also picketed Bill Clinton’s mother’s funeral. ‘nuf said?
but what happens if he hangs out for more than 45 minutes? I mean, he’d help raise more money for the LGBT cause, but if he hangs out for 5 hours then I’ll have ended up donating far more than I had planned.
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p>Screw it. I hope he protests in Boston all day. I’ll find the money. I wish we could get him to spend all his time in California… he’d do more to help the reversal of Prop 8 than anyone else could.
Chris, you’ve been an inspiration since you came out in your early years. Thanks for stepping up to the plate and rallying people to this.
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p>Everyone who follows GLBT politics should make sure they are present at this protest for Chris’ counter-protest. In fact, everyone who would stand up against hate should be there, no matter their differences.
Please Eabo, try not to forget your own talking points.
… point out that he’s a Democrat. Is there an insight you are proposing? Or are you just baiting in a way that lodger realized was inappropriate?
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