The Most Hated Family in America
Back in May I wrote about Westboro Baptist Church and their incessant picketing of funerals and disregard for, well, EVERYONE. Now it looks like they're at it again....
Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the funeral of Madelyn Payne Dunham -- Barack Obama's late grandmother.
WBC is so despicable even Sean Hannity thinks they go to far. Hannity told Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of WBC founder Reverend Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., "You are a sick, soulless, twisted human being."
She just laughed it off.
The BBC's Louis Theroux recently showcased the hatred of Westboro Baptist Church in an hour-long exposé. The full video is available online and I thought I'd share it with y'all. With more and more "moderate" Republicans loosing their seats in Congress, religious extremists like this could be the future of the GOP.
Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the funeral of Madelyn Payne Dunham -- Barack Obama's late grandmother.
WBC is so despicable even Sean Hannity thinks they go to far. Hannity told Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of WBC founder Reverend Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., "You are a sick, soulless, twisted human being."
She just laughed it off.
The BBC's Louis Theroux recently showcased the hatred of Westboro Baptist Church in an hour-long exposé. The full video is available online and I thought I'd share it with y'all. With more and more "moderate" Republicans loosing their seats in Congress, religious extremists like this could be the future of the GOP.
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Yeah, well...there's always karma for people like this.
November 6, 2008 12:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
November 6, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
After watching the documentary I am curious as to how they can afford to fly all over the country to picket funerals and whatnot. They said they spend about $200,000 a year. Where does that money come from? God? Jesus?
November 6, 2008 1:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
The entire family is made up of lawyers. They deliberately provoke people (there's a shocker) and sue for property damage (ripping up signs/breaking cameras), libel (insulting them), and physical assault (no brainer).
November 6, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hrmm. I never really thought about that. I'll give them this, they're not stupid.
November 6, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Creepy fringe groups are as American as apple pie. Their repellent nature is in direct counter-proportion to their size: Their memberships are, chronically, tiny. They won't be the future of anything except as fodder for sniffy Euro-documentarians, addicted to portraying America as a nation of gun-addled snake handlers.
November 7, 2008 11:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hilarious.
November 7, 2008 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
November 7, 2008 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink