Elton John's sunglasses bring God's curse upon Lubbock, Texas, Phelps says

[Cannikin]

My close personal friends at godhatesfags.com are up to their old shenanigans again...This time in Lubbock.

http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/dec2003/Lubbock_Texas_12-6-2003.pdf

"Elton John is predominantly know worldwide--not as a singer, that's secondary--but as a militant Evangelist-from-hell proselytizing masses of swooning kids via his raucous music to the sodomite lifestyle"

"Elton John's glasses, right, bring God's curse on Lubbock"

[Syrinx]

1. Elton hasn't had a decent song in about 20 years

But that Phelps dude is an idiot.

[coda]

11. I remember "Texas Love Song"

I think the refrain was, "Goddamnit, you're all gonna die"
LOL

[Ohio Dem]

2. It looks like third-graders made that flier.

But, then again, that's about what I expected.

[Cloud]

7. Well

What do you expect from uneducated, braindead fundies?

[silverlib]

3. Who is this Phelps guy?

I just read another poster in Activism/Events where they are protesting at a school about a 7 year son of two lesbians? Do they have to have a permit to protest? ...and are they really allowed to do this? ... or is this just flame bait and hate?

[evil_orange_cat]

4. Phelps is a Christian Hate Monger...

he built a statue proclaiming Matthew Shepherd (gay kid killed in hate crime) is burning in hell... Phelps also lead a march at Shepherd's memorial service, taunting family members claiming Matthew is burning in hell.

Phelps also denounced Mister Rogers for not using his show to attack homosexuality.

[Cannikin]

5. No, its not flame bait. I'm gay and trying to keep my eye on the enemy..

I posted both threads. And they have the right to protest as long as its not violent..if I understand the law correctly (although I may not.)

His fliers show a logo at the bottom with 'Mathew Shepherd 5 years in Hell'


Actually, in a way, he can work in our favor because he makes homophobes look like complete WHACK JOBS!:bounce:

[silverlib]

6. Thanks!

It seems to me that this would fall under the stalking, but then what do I know? This idiot belongs in jail. How does one go about getting rid of him? (other than murder?)

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. So now, God not only "hates fags", but protective eyewear as well??

I suppose next the "Reverend" Phelps will be telling us that "sodomites" only wear sunglasses to prevent their eyeballs from melting in their skulls as God pours out his "hatred" upon them, or whatever :eyes:

I'm sure God laughs at some of Elton's sunglasses like the rest of us, but that's hardly what I would consider "hatred"

[leesa]

20. Always remember the Fundie's god is burning with hatred for the

children he created. Phelps is just a nasty, hate-filled man who thankfully does more harm than good to his evil movement.

[Serenity-NOW]

9. They always forget about Roy Cohn; such selective memory.

[RandomKoolzip]

10. And J. Edgar Hoover....

n/t

[blondeatlast]

13. Touche!

So true.

Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Judi Lynn]

12. Here's Fred, hard at work

Fred is both a minister and a lawyer in Topeka, with a whole LOT of children, many of them lawyers, as well, and they travel everywhere, spreading their own brand of hatred/venom/"religion." He even has his grandchildren out holding signs and yelling slurs and threats at human beings.

I've been told by a friend who lives in Topeka that the entire town is deeply underwhelmed by his decision to call Topeka his home.

Here's a very representative photo of the guy:

[blondeatlast]

14. I have a wing-nut uncle in Topeka, and he HATES Phelps.

[Corgigal]

17. Oh that's his problem

he's never been laid.

[soup]

18. This is interesting. A letter from one of his sons

The Capital-Journal/May 19, 1993
By Mark W. Phelps

Editors Note: This is a letter Mark Phelps wrote last year to citizens of Topeka and northeast Kansas. It is printed at his request. It was received at . Contacted by telephone in California July 7, 1994, Mark Phelps said the letter still represents his feelings. He also cautioned people against taking the letter out of context, saying there is "gentleness" in the context of the letter and a hope that the community can better understand Fred Phelps based on what the letter contains.

"Many people have been asking me, over the past several weeks, about my father. They want to know what I think about him and 'What is he really like?' People's interest in what I think baffles me, but after careful consideration, I decided to respond.

What is he like? Well, it's been 19 years since I left home, but his behavior still appears to be the same. He considers his environment to be against him without admitting, acknowledging or taking responsibility for how he contributes to that. He likes to show himself as being moral, pro-family, pro-Bible, but his actions just don't add up to that. I believe in God and the Bible, and my father's behavior doesn't fit the description of behavior that would show in the life of one who loves God; behavior characteristics such as Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control. Instead, my father's behavior characterizes, I believe, Hate, Outbursts of Wrath, Contention, Jealousy, Vengefulness, Misery, Harshness, and Selfish ambition. He mis-states the truth about his own behavior, about others, about the Bible, with apparent ease and regularity. He behaves with a viciousness the likes of which I have never seen. He accepts no genuine accountability in his life and is subject to no one. His lifestyle betrays the sacred trust of what a pastor, husband, father and grandfather should be. I suppose if a comparison were made between the life of Jesus Christ and my father, there would not be much to compare.

I also realize that my father is a very unstable person who is determined to hurt people. And because he is so bound to be hateful and hurtful, and because he's so untrustworthy, I believe it's a good idea to respond to him with caution much like the caution used when dealing with a rattlesnake or a mad dog. You see, the causes that he crusades for, including the Bible, are not the issue here. He simply wants to hate and to have a forum for his hate. If the causes he focuses on were the issue, that is, if they really meant something to him in his heart and he meant for the things he does to be for the good, his behavior would not be what it is. He would not betray his message with his behavior. But, when he needs to, to vent his hate, he readily goes outside the bounds of any previously stated 'value' or 'cause' he may have supported. He experiences no moral dilemma when it comes to doing what he wants to do. If it weren't the homosexuals, it would be something else.
>snipped last paragraph< full letter here:
http://www.rickross.com/reference/westboro/westboro8.html

[0007]

15. Elton John saved the South Park kids

he can't be all bad just cuz he takes it in the left ear on Sunday nights.

God's curse on Lubbock is because god don't cotton to the two rounded prominences on the human torso that are posterior to the hips called buttocks related to the name of a town called 'Lubbock'

[WoodrowFan]

16. Phelps Expose

Here is a very long expose of Phelps. It is broken into several parts. Basically Phelps is a mentally ill abuser who uses violence to keep his family in its own little cult. A couple of his kids escaped but the rest are still trapped. A very, very evil man!

http://www.fusiontechva.net/FJL/guest/g-phelps.htm

[soup]

19. hard to read.

Thanks for the link. Can't get through it, though.

My eyes are going :crazy: