Wow, I don't even come across ppl like this in TX. Then again, I am in Austin. That's the most blatant kind of discrimination I've seen in a while.

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"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

i saw something pretty offensive like yesterday i was coming back from chicago and there on the highway a car had a nazis flag on its antenna. ignorant ppl gosh they are just not ok

I have lived in the suburbs of Chicago all of my life, and I think you would be surprised at some of the stuff that goes down here. Up until recently there was a golf club by me that didn't allow Blacks to join. In the same town, a KKK rally was held just 3 years ago. Oh and did I mention there was a sizeable Jewish population is surrounding suburbs.

Anyways back to Douchey McDouche. This Fred Phelps guy seemed like a good guy, a role model if you will. So, in hopes of of educating myself on such a great man, I did a little googling.

Class act (from his life timeline):
Nov 1973: Files a $50,000,000 suit against Sears Roebuck, Inc., because the $186 television they purchased on layaway and paid off early would not be ready until Christmas (exactly as specified in the contract Phelps signed.)
1979: The Kansas Supreme Court disbars Fred Phelps, declaring in part that he had "little regard for the ethics of his profession."

This really just is sick...

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At the funeral of gay murder victim Matthew Shepard, [The Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelp's church] held up signs reading "No Fags in Heaven" and "God Hates Fags." According to their Web site, they have staged "20,000" protests across the nation and around the world in the last decade.

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"It's NOT OK to be gay. It will damn the soul, destroy the life, and doom any nation that tolerates such evil. God Hates Fags is a profound theological statement, which America needs more than it needs oxygen or bread."

Now, the scary part... people actually prescribe to these values.

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But don't think that the Phelpseseseses' were the only ones in support of the repeal, oh no. Many other Topekans were also in favor of homo-gay discrimination, although most say they are absolutely in no way anything like Fred Phelps...they're simply "pro family."

Source

But, get this. He was spotted at a gay pride march.

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Last edited by kush paintings on Jun-19-2005 at 21:48