In case you weren’t aware, godhatesfags.com is a website run by Fred Phelps, leader of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. They’re the ones who have anti-gay protests around the U.S., including at some points showing up at the funerals of gay men, and have moved on to a general “God hates America” theme, due to all our depravity. He makes Jeremiah Wright (Obama’s pastor) look like a teddy bear–at least he was just saying God ought to damn America.
These t-shirts depress me more than anything I have seen in a really long time.
A completely unrelated Kansas story: When I was living there, in a small town, I discovered that my vet was the head of the Board of Education and was leading the anti-evolution efforts at the time (this was before voters elected a new Board and got rid of a lot of the anti-evolution people).
Anyway, thanks to Larry H. from The Daily Mirror for this photo (found here). I guess.
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The most disturbing footage I’ve seen of Phelps (who was a civil rights lawyer, by the way) is from the episode of 30 Days “Straight Man in a Gay World” and documents the involvement of his entire family (including hoards of young grandchildren) in his “cause.” It’s a great episode to show in various sociology classes (I use it in inequality).
Speaking of children wearing offensive t-shirts, here’s prussian blue, a white supremacist pop duo http://www.thebadrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/prussian-blue.jpg
Look at the children’s eyes. Anyone who has had an unhappy childhood would recognize these girls are going through one.
Let’s hope life gets better for them.
i always thought god IS a fag…
There’s an episode of Louis Theroux’s Wild Weekends about them. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZHwtsBmWE
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