Fred Phelps and his cronies are at it again, this time in Las Vegas. Why you may ask? Well, you see, they are protesting a local high school for promoting The Gay Agenda by running a play called The Laramie Project about Matthew Shepard. So Phelps and his followers are protesting outside the school and handing out flyers that say “God Hates Las Vegas Academy” and other tasty choice phrases. They say that the school and administration is promoting “sinful living” and turning the kids towards the devil. The Clark County Scool District is caling it religeous terrorism aimed at minors.
All this over a play at an creative arts high school- Lame! :mad:
I saw this on the local news this morning , but cannot find a link to the story yet. I will post a link to the story when I see it.
I think all people are entitled to believe whatever they want, but intimidating a bunch of high school aged kids over a play is just silly. IMO I think it is all well and good that Christians preach tolerance, but some (not all) Christains are only tolerant to those people who believe as they do.
I, personally, am getting tired of being told that I am going to burn in hell for all eternity because I won’t accept Jesus. Um… I’m Jewish and I don’t believe in hell. They said that I *HAVE * to accept Jesus for him to forgive my sins. :rolleyes: whatever. I told one once, It’s your hell, you burn in it! They just looked (heh heh)
Fred Phelps and his family are also in Vegas to appear on the Howard Stern Show. Howard is putting them up against a panel of Homosexuals in a trivia contest.
I enjoy when he has the Phelps family on his show because it exposes their idiocy, not even on religious or moral matters but on things like MATH and SPELLING.
Although nothing will race a chill down your spine faster than a little blonde ten year old girl saying “God says fags will burn in hell” :sad:
BubbaDog, I guess I was using Christian as a “generic label” meaning people who follow Christs teachings. I also realized afer I posted that it is also its’ own denomination. I really have no idea what sect/denomination Phelps and his followers fall into. You are right though that he is so wacked that a lot of people just look at him as a complete weirdo.
Also a good portion of people who I have been wittnessed by (out here in NV) were Mormons. Athought the one I told about the “it’s yor hell…” claimed to be a Catholic.
The danger here is that, although it is easy and seems justifiable to say that Phred isn’t a Christian, it really is still the No True Scotsman fallacy. Someone on this board (I forget who) once said (words to the effect) “If someone tells em they are a Christian, then as far as I’m concerned they are a Christian, just the same as someone who tells me they are homosexual is, in my opinion, homosexual.”
But if someone tells me that they are a teetotaler and then chugs a bottle of whiskey in front of me, I know that they are as beleivable as Fred Phelps.
Well, quite, but then the defintiion of ‘teetotaler’ is agreed upon rather more universally (from within and without the ranks) thatn is the definition of ‘Christian’, isn’t it?
Hey waitaminute… Isn’t he a character in The Stand??
Anyway… still no link on the story <damn> I guess they are not giving him any more free publicity than he has already gotten
If you haven’t seen the film version of The Laramie Project, it’s excellent. Fred is actually a character. (Surprisingly he didn’t sue- several of his umpteen children are lawyers [as was Fred before he was disbarred].)
A major misconception that some people (I’m not saying anybody in this thread, but in general) have about Phelps is that he’s a mongoloid. He’s actually brilliant, a child prodigy with an encyclopedic memory. Unfortunately he’s also wildly insane. This online biography (written with the aid of some of Phelps’s children who have left his cult) is a horrifying picture of the Phelps homelife (he once cut off his wife’s hair with a knife in a fit of anger and he beat his sons with axe handles until they were unconscious). It’s amazing that most of his children stayed with him, just as it’s amazing that he hasn’t been shot by a gay widow-er.
Oh, thank you SO much, Leaper, for infecting me with this nasty and indelible vision of some twisted version of the Brady Bunch Variety Hour! Phelps and family in disco jumpsuits! :eek:
I’ve got a plan for when the Phelpites show up in any of your hometowns.
Make a sign that has the insult of your choice on it, in plural. “Idiots”, “Hatemongers”, “Assclowns” and the like are all good choices, but I’d advise against “Wankers” or “Jerk-Offs”, out of respect to masturbators everywhere. Below your insult, make a large arrow pointing to your right. Also, you may want to pack a lunch, and don’t forget plenty of water (Camel-Baks are nice). Maybe one of those neat camping chairs that packs up in a tube, too.
Find where the Phelpites are gathering. Take your sign and stand so the arrow points towards them. Under no circumstances should you speak to them, but do move if they try to get on the other side of you. And if possible, try to get pictures of the whole tableau.
If he ever shows up in Boise or Twin Falls, I pledge that I’ll be there with my sign if it is at all possible.
The Clark County Scool District is caling it religeous terrorism aimed at minors.
