Posted on 07/16/2006 11:48:03 AM PDT by Military family member
In 1989 Fred Phelps, Jr. was the treasurer of the Kansas Democratic Party and a supporter of Al Gore. Phelps also informed the Conservative News Service that he was a Gore delegate on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in 1988.
Gore has been openly antagonistic toward the gay community, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean in 1984 saying homosexuality is not "an acceptable alternative that society should affirm." During his 1984 U.S. Senate race, Gore also said he would not accept money from gay rights organizations and that he opposed a "gay bill of rights." He reportedly sought the support of the Phelps family in his 1988 presidential campaign and earlier invited the Phelps' to the Clinton-Gore inaugurations of January 1993 and January 1997.
Lest we forget, God Bless Staff Sgt. Paul S. Pabla
LOL! Well, your fun is what was passed off as a "serious subject"; your example would fit right in it. It was so bad! But that's what you get from a university...what a waste of money that class was! HA!
Fred Phelps - Political affiliations: Saddam Hussein Fidel Castro Al Gore and the Democratic Party
In 1997, before the fall of Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War, Phelps wrote Hussein a letter praising his regime for being, in his opinion, "the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets." Furthermore, he stated that he, if U.S. Government and laws permitted and at the invitation of the Iraqi government, would like to send a delegation to Baghdad to "preach the Gospel" for one week. Hussein granted permission, and a group of WBC congregants traveled to Iraq to protest against the U.S. The parishioners stood on the streets of Baghdad and in heavily patronized Baghdad establishments holding signs reading:
* AL GORE FAMILY VALUES (with a cartoon of two men having anal sex) [66]
* GO HOME (with a cartoon of Bill Clinton)
* BABY KILLER (with a cartoon of Hillary Clinton)
* BABY KILLER (with a cartoon of Bill Clinton)
* FAG GORE
* FAG USA= SODOM
* STOP THE HOLOCAUST (in reference to Phelps' "Topeka Baptist Holocaust" campaign)
* FAG USA (with a picture of an inverted, burning American flag)
* USA SIN (with a picture of anatomically incorrect stick figures engaged in anal sex)
Phelps mourned the fall of Hussein's regime and has consistently criticized the invasion of Iraq, citing, "IRAQ+USA=SODOM" and keeping a toll on his webpage celebrating the death of every American soldier killed and pronouncing loyalty to Iraq.
Phelps has also repeatedly championed Fidel Castro for Castro's stance against homosexuality; in 1998 Harper's magazine published a letter Phelps sent to Castro in which he praised Castro and lambasted the U.S. In 2004, when a pro-homosexual Cuban refugee announced plans to travel to Cuba, Phelps sent another letter to Castro "warning" him of the man's plans and requesting travel visas for a group of WBC congregants so that they could follow the refugee around Havana with signs bearing anti-U.S. and anti-homosexual slogans.
I wonder what they (local officials) think about Adams and Revere?
The people who were counterprotesting these scum were the equivalent of patriots of days gone by, who would never let the First Amendment be used by scum like this to disgrace and discomfort an American Hero and his family and friends.
Hey Freddie: we hear you've been wondering who turned out the lights...
You shouldn't get all worked up about that "darkness" bit -- because I'm sure you know who is called "the Angel of Light", don't you? (it's your deity -- Lucifer...)
Thanks for the info.
The problem is, these people taunt others hoping they will go for them and then sue. It is how they make a living.
Sweet! But it couldn't make them reek any more than they aleady do.
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