Who are the Fred Phelps Christians?
"Who are the Fred Phelps Christians?"
They are the nuts who show up at American soldiers' funerals and claim that God likes US soldiers to die because we tolerate gays.
Big early supporter of Al Gore, BTW --- google the two names togeher --- Al and Tipper were often at Phelps' house for fundraisers.
Going back to the UOJ sect in question, a lot of them pre-date the founding of modern Israel and oppose it because they think Israel should only be refounded by the messiah.
I was well on my way to becoming ultra-orthodox myself when my dealings with certain of these folks --- who just add some considerable nonsense to the Law that is, IMHO, not part of the original intent --- turned me 180 degrees in the opposite direction (became a Christian).