# What up with Fred Phelps?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442 "2003-06-30T22:18:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/1 "2003-06-30T22:18:10Z")

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Has anybody noticed that the charming site  
[http://www.godhatesfags.com](http://www.godhatesfags.com)  
seems to be no more? Is there any back-story to this?

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/2 "2003-06-30T22:37:23Z")

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Oops, never mind- it was evidently just down temporarily. It’s back up and running now.

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**Author:** ![Ennui](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ennui/32/3396_2.png) [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/3 "2003-06-30T22:45:57Z")

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I cannot accurately express my profound disappointment in telling you that I followed your link,…and the site is in fact up. I would editorialize the content but this thread isn’t in the pit.

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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:** [June 30, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/4 "2003-06-30T22:53:38Z")

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What an evil wacko.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/5 "2003-06-30T22:55:35Z")

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Fred Phelps is a profoundly disturbed individual. That’s about all that’s up with him.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/6 "2003-06-30T23:43:27Z")

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Do we have any psychologists in the house?

Seriopus question: what are the chances that Phred’s fervour is actually fuelled by repressed homosexuality and self-loathing?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-up-with-fred-phelps/185442/7 "2003-06-30T23:49:07Z")

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Seriopus = Serious + Opus?  
(A grave composition?)