Comments on: Davis: What’s Good about the Phelps Family

By: Wayne M.

Wayne M. — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:40:42 +0000

As much as I dislike the Mr. Phelps and the crew at Westboro Baptist Church, we have to commend them for telling the truth about the fact they hate LGBT people and know their hate causes harm. At least that is more honest than groups like Focus on the Family (James Dobson) or the “Traditional” Values Coalition (Lou Shelton) who spew out homophobic propaganda, much of it untrue and designed to raise fear and anger, and then say, “But we are speaking in love.”

By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:23:11 +0000

But my right wing arch-Catholic friend, who used to say that “there is no excuse for that type of behavior” in reference to Phelps, now says:

“The gays are funding Phelps, because it
creates sympathy for them”

This is an example of this extreme catholic and other extremist viewpoints. They blame the gays for Phelps. Just the old “blame the victim trick”

Guess what about this guy – he had pschiatric problems as a younger man, and ended up with a shrink who told him that he was a “suppressed homosexual” And he “lived that lifestyle for 10 or more years, until “coming out of it”.

Well the real story is the church has found their super example – not re money, but someone who hates himself, thanks to the church for driving guilt re what he did.

And they point to him as an example of a cure, though he was never really gay.

And they manage to eliminate the embarrassment re what he did, and replace it with anxiety that they bury in his mind. So he doesn’t say anything against them,and doesn’t dare admit to himself how they have brainwashed his mind.

Brainwashing – which is their greatest capability when they divert from the mission that is supposed to be that of the church. In order to rally what is nothing but hatred against the current target – gay people who want to be treated equally in our society.
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For they have always needed someone to hate to sell their message, be it the Muslims (think Crusades and how they poisoned Muslim society), along with their earlier hatred of Jews.

Every good Catholic should realize what has happened – especially under Benedict. And they should do the one thing that will change the church back to it’s true mission – close their pocketbooks.

By: montrealbren

montrealbren — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:46:29 +0000

What awesome news about younger Americans! Absolutely brilliant

By: Ginelle

Ginelle — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:01:53 +0000

Thank you Ali Davis for an excellent, if somewhat humorous article on the soon-to-be extinct species of dinorsaur known as the Fred Phelp’s Westboro Bigot Clan. Let’s hope that in 10,000 years from now when someone actually comes across their bones in a archaeological dig, that they don’t try and clone them from any DNA samples that may have survived!

By: caseyvt

caseyvt — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:26:53 +0000

Just to let people know, there were only 100 counter-protesters because Vermont Freedom to Marry, the City of Montpelier, the newspapers and others, begged us all to ignore the Phelps hate crew. So we did.

There would have been thousands of us there Tuesday morning, but we trust the judgment of those who have brought us (and the country) this far so fast.

It has been wonderful this week to see and hear the reactions of those who have worked so hard for this – some of them started working toward gay marriage 15 years ago, had to settle for civil unions after a vicious fight from anti-gay groups, and now they’ve won for all of us what they set out after.

What a revolution! Civil unions were supposed to wreck America 10 years ago, and now even Gov. Huntsman of Utah argues for gay civil unions. Next up – DOMA!

By: Michael S Miller

Michael S Miller — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:17:54 +0000

I LOVE the Phelps clan – they do more to help gay and lesbian causes than any other group out there. Every time they show up, we make a ton of money and gain a ton of allies.
If they didn’t exist, we’d have to invent them….

By: michaelnDallas

michaelnDallas — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:39:26 +0000

It was also nice to see they couldn’t get visas to visit the UK to protest. Good on Great Britain!

By: Raymond H. Clark

Raymond H. Clark — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:09:58 +0000

I remain convinced that the “respectable” Reich (sic) wing kristianists like multi-millionaire Pat Robertson, Focus on the Family, American Family Association, etc., and The Nine Families (read Larry Kramer’s Cooper Union speech about them at:)

http://tinyurl.com/kcdqv

… ALL bankroll Phelps’ vile tribe of religious and social barbarians. How ELSE could they afford all those airline tickets, hotel rooms, meals, and van rentals?

By: Draigh Lunara

Draigh Lunara — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:35:07 +0000

If only the other hate-filled groups like the Conservatives and their ilk showed their true colors as much as the Phelps clan. Perhaps then the rest of the world who happen to be very humane will laugh at them as much as the LGBT and other minority communites do.
May Goddess Bless Those Who Learn and Grow!
Blessed Be,
Rev. Draigh Lunara

By: Joey in CT

Joey in CT — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:03:44 +0000

So great!
I hate the Phelps clan.

Who want to bet they’ll be there in D.C. in October???

I think we should plan something. Should we surround them and host a massive make-out session?? Kiss for as long as they stand there? A spin on the Mormon kiss-in?

I really hope they’re there…they’re 5-20 person clan will NOT stand-up in front of 20,000+ Gays for long…

10/11/09 – D.C. – GO!