# The Thirty Best Anti-Westboro Baptist Church Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922 "2011-03-16T15:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/1 "2011-03-16T15:08:32Z")
[Click here](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-3o-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-protest-s) The guy wearing the hat in #11 made my day. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/2 "2011-03-16T15:18:58Z")
My favorite: Dog Loves Fags. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/3 "2011-03-16T15:33:56Z")
I went “whoa, Chicago?” for one of them, but those idiots have probably been everywhere by now. What’s with all the anti-Israel/anti-Judaism signs; is that still part of the WBC schtick or are those older? I thought they were mostly fixated on ‘fags’ these days. Awesome collection of photos. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/4 "2011-03-16T15:38:53Z")
No [signs from Comic-Con](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571270)? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/5 "2011-03-16T15:50:25Z")
I have to say that I wish people wouldn’t bother. They are trolls. Acknowledging them in any way gives them what they want. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/6 "2011-03-16T15:55:38Z")
The lady in her housecoat, Picture #9 made me tear up. I can only imagine the conversation that lead to the sign between her and her friend in the applique’ top. Edna (housecoat) : They’re going to WHAT along that soldier’s funeral procession? Shirley, that’s not right. What would my boy Jerry say if he’d made it home from 'Nam? Shirley: Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. Edna: Hell’s bells, we can’t. Hand me that vanilla folder and my Bingo marker. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/7 "2011-03-16T16:00:30Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > The lady in her housecoat, Picture #9 made me tear up. I can only imagine the conversation that lead to the sign between her and her friend in the applique’ top. > > Edna (housecoat) : They’re going to WHAT along that soldier’s funeral procession? Shirley, that’s not right. What would my boy Jerry say if he’d made it home from 'Nam? > > Shirley: Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. > > Edna: Hell’s bells, we can’t. Hand me that vanilla folder and my Bingo marker. As much as I’m ambivalent about feeding those trolls, I agree on and respect this probable origin of this sign. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/8 "2011-03-16T16:09:52Z")
#16: Huh? “Fag Church”? Is this just a refreshing turn of honest self-description from the Phelpsians? And the recurring theme of “God is your enemy”… If that were true, then it shouldn’t seem so worrying that He hates us. Personally, the sign I’d love to see is “God loves Fred Phelps”. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/9 "2011-03-16T16:11:50Z")
I agree it’s stupid to give them attention, but I also teared up a little at the lady in the mumu. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/10 "2011-03-16T16:16:39Z")
I like #13 the best and actually laughed at #23. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/11 "2011-03-16T17:31:24Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > My favorite: Dog Loves Fags. I love this one too. I actually literally lol’d. I bet that cute little guy loves everybody. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/12 "2011-03-16T17:46:02Z")
My favorite was the one with the picture of the kitty saying, “I is at ur protest supportin ur jews.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/13 "2011-03-16T17:51:25Z")
I wasn’t sure if the “you will eat your babies” was a WBC sign or one of the fakes. If it’s a WBC sign someone missed an opportunity to parody it. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/14 "2011-03-16T17:57:27Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I wasn’t sure if the “you will eat your babies” was a WBC sign or one of the fakes. If it’s a WBC sign someone missed an opportunity to parody it. It’s a WBC sign and I don’t get it either. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/15 "2011-03-16T18:13:40Z")
[sup]27[/sup] “‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, [sup]28[/sup] then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over. [sup]29[/sup] You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. Lev. 26 27-29 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/16 "2011-03-16T18:18:18Z")
#1 was actually pretty good, and the lady in the housecoat was fantastic, but I have to vote for “Dog Loves Fags” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/17 "2011-03-16T18:25:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > #16: Huh? “Fag Church”? Is this just a refreshing turn of honest self-description from the Phelpsians? They were probably at an inclusive church or Unitarian church. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/18 "2011-03-16T23:16:02Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > They were probably at an inclusive church or Unitarian church. Nope! Every church but their’s is a fag church. I once saw a sign of theirs that said “Your minister must be a fag, he’s wearing a white dress!” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/19 "2011-03-17T06:29:38Z")
I like a good smoke as much as the next guy but I don’t think dogs should have cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922/20 "2011-03-17T14:50:31Z")
I like #15 – **God Hates Figs**. It’s got biblical justification: > [@](#): > > Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered. > > When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked. > > Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21: 18-22 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thirty-best-anti-westboro-baptist-church-signs/574922.md?page=2)