Fred Phelps has been around forever. This is hardly the least shocking thing he or his crazy church have done (for example, they have signs thanking God for Princess Diana's death). They've been on TV tons of times and they've been given no lack of media attention. In fact the Bush administration came up with a new law that forces the Westboro Baptist Church to stay a certain distance away from the funerals of soldiers when they show up to picket. The fallen heroes bill or something, I think it was.
Youtube "The Most Hated Family In America" if you'd like to see more. It's a pretty good documentary done for the BBC, I believe.
Last edited by Ren; 05-05-2010 at 07:36 PM.
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