Who? The fags or the fanatics?

Perhaps Phelps is homophobic because one of his own inbreds didn't fall tofar from the family tree?  (pun intended).

Zra, you've led me to one of my favorite rants.  The misappropriation of the word "God" and how I think it would serve all of us well if we just struck the use of the word from the English language.  It really has become a meaningless word because it means whatever I want it to mean.  It's a stopgap word that just stands in for our own cosmic pretensions.  

Of course, this will never happen and I know it's odd that a man o' the cloth would be saying this, but that's how I feel.

I'm sure this post will come back someday to bite me in the ass.

Freedom of speech? Freedom of religion?

I'm all for freedom of speech and freedom of religion -- but I also believe in my right to the pursuit of happiness -- which means to me freedom from hate (among other things).

Fred Phelps has the right to hate gays( and almost everyone else). We have the right to hate Fred Phelps. In many other countries (the UK for example) this is not the case.

"freedom of speech?  Freedom of religion"

England isn't America.  Don't blather about the US constitution out of contest.

I like Paul and dbrewing's comments.  Sure, I think Phelps opinion sucks but I'm pretty sure he thinks my opinion sucks.  I've come to accept that some people suck(in my opinion) and there is not much I can do about it untill fate swings around and bites them in a$$