Tag Archives: Westboro

Straight Owner Of Hell’s Kitchen Gay Bar Performs Westboro Baptist Blues

The dancers are the bartenders at Flaming Saddles. (Tipped by JMG reader Robert)

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Washington DC School System Applauds High School For Westboro Counter-Protest

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Newly-Out DC High School Principal Leads Counter-Protest Against Westboro

Woodrow Wilson High School principal Pete Cahall came out last week during his school’s LGBT pride event. There’s no word yet this morning on whether Westboro has actually followed through on their threat to picket the school today.

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Brad Paisley Trolls Westboro

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Headline Of The Day

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader StrayKat)

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Westboro Chased From Oklahoma Town

Westboro staged a protest in an Oklahoma town yesterday to let the locals know that a recent tornado had killed those children because of the gays. The locals weren’t having it. Westboro’s permit to picket was for half an hour. They had been there a mere eight minutes when several people took matters into their own hands. Some Moore residents …

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Westboro Baptist To Picket Liquor Store That Mocked Death Of Fred Phelps

(Tipped by JMG reader Paul)

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Rachel Maddow: Westboro Baptist Church Brought Out The Best In Americans

RELATED: As an underscore to Maddow’s point, counter-protesters displayed the below banners at Westboro’s first post-Fred Phelps picket, which was held outside a concert for teenage pop star Lorde.

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Father Who Lost Landmark SCOTUS Case To Westboro Baptist: Let Fred Phelps Be Buried In Peace, I Don’t Like Hate

Prior to yesterday’s death of Fred Phelps, the Military Times spoke to the man who fought Westboro Baptist Church right up to the Supreme Court for picketing the funeral of his Marine Corps son. Al Snyder sued Westboro Baptist after its members picketed the funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matt Snyder, who was killed in Iraq on March 3, …

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Judy Shepard On Death Of Fred Phelps

“Regarding the passing of Fred Phelps, Dennis and I know how solemn these moments are for anyone who loses a loved one. Out of respect for all people and our desire to erase hate, we’ve decided not to comment further.” – Judy Shepard, in a posting on the Facebook page of the Matthew Shepard Foundation. (Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

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Equality Groups React To Phelps Death

People For The American Way Fred Phelps made a name for himself by protesting the funerals of soldiers and hate crime victims. In particular, he spent decades causing immeasurable pain to LGBT people and their families. My thoughts are with all those people today. Very much in spite of himself, Fred Phelps was an important figure in the movement for …

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Westboro Reacts To Death Of Fred Phelps

Westboro Baptist Church has been tweeting up a storm in reaction to the death of Fred Phelps.  They have also published a lengthy, scripture-laden statement. An excerpt: The world-wide media has been has been in a frenzy during the last few days, gleefully anticipating the death of Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. It has been an unprecedented, hypocritical, vitriolic explosion of …

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Westboro Founder Fred Phelps Has Died

Kansas television station KSN reports that Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps has died. The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church widely known for its protests at military funerals and anti-gay sentiments, has died according to his son Tim Phelps. Phelps, 84, was being cared for in a Shawnee County facility, Westboro Baptist Church spokesman Steve Drain …

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Headline Of The Day

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Headline Of The Day

From the Topeka Capital-Journal: Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was excommunicated from the Westboro Baptist Church after advocating a kinder approach between church members. The excommunication occurred after the formation of a board of male elders in the church. The board had defeated Shirley Phelps-Roper, the church’s longtime spokeswoman, in a power struggle, and Fred Phelps Sr. called for kinder …

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Westboro: We’ll Go On Without Fred

“The church has no singular human leader – our head is the Lord Jesus Christ. The church currently has 8 male members who have been serving the church in the capacity of ‘elders’ for several years (this word is synonymous with ‘bishop,’ ‘pastor,’ and ‘overseer’) – all of whom minister to the members of the church, preach, and are involved …

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Equality Kansas: Leave Fred Phelps Alone

Yesterday we learned that Westboro Baptist Church patriarch Fred Phelps is near death. From the Facebook page of Equality Kansas: Equality Kansas (formerly the Kansas Equality Coalition) today urged members of the Kansas, United States, and worldwide LGBT communities to respect the privacy of the family of Fred W. Phelps, notorious pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church. “If the reports …

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Fred Phelps Reportedly Near Death

Fred Phelps, the 84 year-old patriarch of Westboro Baptist Church, is reportedly near death. His estranged son, Nathan Phelps, writes on his Facebook page: I’ve learned that my father, Fred Phelps, Sr., pastor of the “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church, was ex-communicated from the “church” back in August of 2013. He is now on the edge of death at …

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Billboard Of The Day

Via press release from Wodka: Panache Beverages’ Wodka vodka has released another in a series of eyebrow-raising outdoor advertising campaigns. This time, the brand takes aim at the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church. The church recently staged a public protest of Mizzou defensive end Michael Sam after the player came out publicly as gay. Wodka joins the mounting national counter-protest of …

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Westboro Protests Michael Sam

Westboro showed up at the University of Missouri yesterday because openly gay NFL prospect Michael Sam was attending a basketball game. Many UM students, donning “Stand with Sam” pins, formed a human wall around Mizzou Arena to block Westboro’s protest, reported KDSK-TV in St. Louis. Nearly 5,000 people said they would attend, though not as many turned out in the …

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