[Puppage]

And, trust me--they don't just offend a specific group of people--"gays & lesbians" is your assertion.

Cat, I didn't say they JUST offended a specific group. What I was trying to get across was that by the media calling them an anti-gay group, and ONLY (as far as I have seen) an anti-gay group, that in & of itself is meant to enrage, offend, etc. THAT specific group of people.

[Catspaw]

Given my husband's family's reaction to Phelps' visit--and his family is quite conservative--Phelps and his family enraged and disgusted them when the Phelps' picketed in Wausau, Wisconsin. Now Phelps may be trying to goad gay and lesbians, but he manages to trigger great loathing in heterosexuals as well.