The Most Hated Family in America - Westboro Church/Cult

[eviljeff]

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Anyone else think they're just painfully stupid as opposed to being bad people?

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I didn't really have a strong reaction to them either. I imagine there are a lot of people in this country with extreme views that I don't share. I think for the most part I'd just view them similarly as crazy homeless people.

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I wonder if they have slaves, or have been a slave, or have killed one of their kids for talking back, or any of the numerous "moral" things that in Leviticus and Deuteronomy that have been ignored by nearly all Christians and Jews

yet the God hates [censored] is literal

[4ObliVioN4]

This is exactly why murder needs to be legalized in certain cases (jk, kinda). Picketing outside a soldier's funeral saying they are glad he got killed and he deserved to die is way too far IMO.

I do feel bad for the kids though, very very sad.

[nickg1532]

wow, hadn't come across this before. very fascinating. very sad (for the children).

[aramfingal]

this does expose a need for new hate crime legislation which would establish appropriate punishments.
"i hereby sentence you to 70 hours of public sodomy."

[chicken10der]

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What's the probability that Fred Phelps has powerful homosexual urges? 95%? 99.9%?

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Whatever it is, it's less than the probability that he habitually beat the everliving [censored] out of his wife and kids (i.e. 100%)

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That actually is 100%, and other times, he'd order one of his kids to beat up the others as well.

Topeka is my hometown, and it sucks that he is one of our biggest claims to fame.

[4ObliVioN4]

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What's the probability that Fred Phelps has powerful homosexual urges? 95%? 99.9%?

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Whatever it is, it's less than the probability that he habitually beat the everliving [censored] out of his wife and kids (i.e. 100%)

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That actually is 100%, and other times, he'd order one of his kids to beat up the others as well.

Topeka is my hometown, and it sucks that he is one of our biggest claims to fame.

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Why is he not dead yet? Or atleast gangbanged by eight 300-pound men?

[Rootabager]

Someone in this thread asked how they do not get beat up. They have been on Howard Stern a bunch of times, and I think she said that they sue the people that beat them up to help fund their organization.

[Victor]

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What's the probability that Fred Phelps has powerful homosexual urges? 95%? 99.9%?

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Whatever it is, it's less than the probability that he habitually beat the everliving [censored] out of his wife and kids (i.e. 100%)

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very bleak article.

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I am familiar with the Phelp's family as I grew up in Topeka.

I watched the first couple parts of the documentary. The portrayal of the church being located in "a suburb of Topeka, KS" after showing shots of country roads and farms is the typical Kansas. The houses/church are located in a neighborhood of hundreds of houses in the middle of the capital city of ~150,000.

Phelps far-fetched actions have gone well beyond condemning gays in Topeka. At one point, Phelps was fighting to have the Topeka zip code prefix changed from 666__. Since the zip code starts with 666, Topeka is a center for [censored] bound for hell. Years ago, organizations in Topeka were pushing for restrictions on the size of picket signs. Phelps said they would sue the city if the ordinance was passed because they had over $100,000 in picket signs which would be outlawed. The Phelps appealed an ordinance / restraining order all the way to the US Supreme Court where they lost (late 90's I think).

I still don't see how these kids make it through college and law school while continuing to support their church. I suppose since they are consistently defending their beliefs and being active on a daily basis they don't have a chance to think otherwise.