Comments on: What the Christian Right thinks about the Arizona Shooting

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:34:28 +0000

This is interesting. The AZ legislature has passed SB 1101, which forbids protesting within 300 feet of any location where a memorial service is being held.

This is a direct response to Phelps, and is probably the only thing Jan Brewer’s administration will do that I’m inclined to support.

http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1101p.htm

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:08:10 +0000

Of all the modern “christian” preachers, Phelps is the least deserving of mercy, tolerance, or respect. I’d say his mother should have aborted him, but I suspect he was hatched.

I’m of the school of thought that you are born with a certain degree of presumed rights, and a great degree of potential. I also believe that your choices and actions in life can determine whether you’ve a right to be called “human” any longer.

I think Phelps crushed his own humanity out many, many years ago.

By: itzac

itzac — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:33:04 +0000

I’ve heard Nathan Phelps speak about his dad. I assure you, skeptic cat, Fred Phelps is for realz.

By: MacTurk

MacTurk — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:26:00 +0000

Phelps, inter alia “This is ultimatum time with God”. Six people shot dead, including a child of eleven, and he proclaims his joy? What a sad and evil pustule on the arse of humanity.

It seems that he has condemned my country(Ireland), which may be considered a badge of honour, no?

Details here: http://www.godhatestheworld.com/ireland/filthymanneroflife.html

The good news is that Senator David Norris may run for President of Ireland, which will mean that Ireland finally has a queen of its own. And if that gives the evil old git a heart attack, I won’t worry.

By: Eric Lund

Eric Lund — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:25:53 +0000

@skeptic cat: Your link shows that Phelps is not a lunatic in all matters (I knew that he had gotten the NAACP award for his lawyering on behalf of black civil rights), but the guy is still certifiably nuts. He and his followers will seize on any excuse to protest against Teh Gay, anywhere in the US. I first heard of him in the late 1990s when he and his followers came to a nearby high school (to me; I am about 2000 km from Topeka) to picket against the senior class, which had elected a lesbian couple as “class sweethearts”. He already had his official website (I won’t link directly there, but you can Google it or follow the link in skeptic cat’s post) by that time, and the URL tells you everything you need to know about Phelps.

By: chris y

chris y — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:54:18 +0000

Phelps has announced that he’s going to picket the funerals. The patience of the American public is praiseworthy, but just how far can you try it.

By: Drivebyposter

Drivebyposter — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:22:32 +0000

Will health care being made available to everyone enable that evil “minister” to seek medical help?

Yes. But God hates healthcare.

By: Clam

Clam — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:29:54 +0000

Will health care being made available to everyone enable that evil “minister” to seek medical help?

By: Timberwoof

Timberwoof — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:19:48 +0000

Given that the Second Amendment is about gun rights, I can see how that thread might surface while speaking extemporaneously about reticules and targets.

Phelps may be a Democrat, but that doesn’t mean he’s not an asshole.

By: Matt Bowman

Matt Bowman — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:25:55 +0000

Joy Behar said that Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs Ad looked like an Al Qaeda Christmas card. LOL!