# Are the Phelpsoids planning to picket the Gay Games?

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**Created:** [July 14, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533 "2006-07-14T20:34:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533/1 "2006-07-14T20:34:38Z")

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The Gay Games open here tomorrow and I’ve heard nothing about Phreddy and his band of psychos. I fully expect to see some of them around town but according to his picketing schedule :rolleyes: he’s going to be in Indiana abusing the grieving at another funeral tomorrow. Still, I suppose he’ll be close enough to roll into Chicago for a quick bit of frothing at the mouth.

Although I wonder if he’s calculated the numbers and decided to stay away from the crowds?

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**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533/2 "2006-07-14T21:00:04Z")

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> [@photopat](#):
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> The Gay Games open here tomorrow and I’ve heard nothing about Phreddy and his band of psychos. I fully expect to see some of them around town but according to his picketing schedule :rolleyes: he’s going to be in Indiana abusing the grieving at another funeral tomorrow. Still, I suppose he’ll be close enough to roll into Chicago for a quick bit of frothing at the mouth.
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> Although I wonder if he’s calculated the numbers and decided to stay away from the crowds?

A metric shitload of well trained athletes, many likely with the upper body strength to crush a man’s skull by putting him in a headlock? Yeahright he’d go, he might actually be _at risk!_ Bullies don’t expose themselves to harm.

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**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533/3 "2006-07-14T21:32:14Z")

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Think of the lines of gay people trying to get pictures of themselves kissing in front of a real live Phelps “God Hates Fags” sign. “This one’s going up on the mantel, honey!”

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**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533/4 "2006-07-14T22:05:18Z")

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They recently no-showed a protest where they had requested police protection.

[Funeral Protesters Get Bill for No-show](http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5150064)

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> Westboro church member and lawyer Shirley Phelps-Roper said group members bought airline tickets but said the Holy Ghost told them at the last minute to stay home.

The Holy Ghost works in mysterious ways.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-phelpsoids-planning-to-picket-the-gay-games/364533/5 "2006-07-14T22:27:19Z")

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> [@Annie](#):
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> A metric shitload of well trained athletes, many likely with the upper body strength to crush a man’s skull by putting him in a headlock?

And that’s just the dykes.