[auboy]

No one would have ever heard of Matthew Shepard if not for the two thug murderers and their actions. Now he's the poster boy of the thought police. Doesn't Fred Phelps (I refuse to call him Reverend) have something worthwhile to do with his life and his church? Surely he can find hungry people to feed, folks who need a coat for a cold Kansas winter, etc. Instead, he chooses to stir the pot and fuel the flames.

[Catspaw]

Doesn't Fred Phelps (I refuse to call him Reverend) have something worthwhile to do with his life and his church?

From a friend of mine who lives in Topeka, no. Not that he couldn't do something worthwhile, it's that he won't.