Good As You: Westboro Roundup
03/21/2008
Westboro's only happy when it rains
Since it's Good Friday, we thought we'd pass on a message from some self-professed good Christians. This one is from some obscure Kansas church called Westboro Baptist. Anyone ever heard of 'em? Ah, yes. What better way to celebrate Christ...
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03/04/2008
Video: God's a big fan of 2nd Amendment
This latest from the triggler-happy characters at Westboro Baptist has a sort of 70's era Shaft vibe. Which makes sense, since the video gives the shaft to anyone who prefers to view God as a protector rather than a glock-packing...
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02/29/2008
Westboro's Bible? Less an inspiring guidebook, more a genocidal memoir
Say what you want about the lil' "fag haters" at Westboro Baptist Church. Some may call them a cult. Others may refer to their pickets and whatnots as "batsh*t crazy." Certain fetishists might refer to them as damn sexy. One...
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02/19/2008
Video: Aversion to Bush: Uniting the gays and the Phelpses
Fred recorded this video the day after Valentine's Day. Judging by the sentiment within, it's safe to surmise that the box of chocolates he consumed the day before was loaded with nuts: No word on who Fred likes in the...
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02/07/2008
Video: Who'da thunk a funeral picket could cause a fracas?
Wanna see a Westboro Baptist funeral protest fail miserably? Of course you do: ::sigh:: And to think that with that amount of free time and manpower, they could've all worked together to build a Habitat for Humanity home or something....
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02/04/2008
WBC's debt halved; assload of cash still potentially owed
From the "uh-oh, this isn't good for the Phelpses' finances" department: The much debated $10.9 million verdict that was rendered against Westboro Baptist Church back in November has been upheld by a federal judge. The judge has, however, lowered the...
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01/29/2008
God hates bad spellers
This is the latest from the Phelps family: So far there are no announced plans to picket Mess Hall Clinton, Armory Huckabee, or Shipyard Romney. We'll let you know if Westboro decides to protest those other military base buildings/presidential candidate...
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01/28/2008
God hates SAGs
At last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, the "fag-hating" folks from Westboro Baptist Church showed up to convey to all in attendance their belief Heath Ledger is now residing in hell. It was all pretty straightforward WBC fare; but if...
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01/24/2008
Video: First 'Star Search' winner on church that deems him a sinner
Actor/singer Sam Harris is giving his thoughts on Westboro Baptist's decision to picket Heath Ledger's funeral, as well as his own personal experience with the "church." Enjoy: Sam talks about Heath Ledger, Fred Phelps and God Hates Fags [YouTube]
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01/23/2008
The demons with Ennis
Well this sure didn't take long: "Tacky bucket of slime seasoned with vomit," huh? Funny, we always assumed that vomit would be the main course and slime the elected condiment. The heartiness of the former would seem to be what...
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01/14/2008
Johnny Mac picks up coveted anti-endorsement
Forget the candidates that most of us tend to think of as being on the pro-gay side of things (Kucinich, Obama, Clinton, anyone who's running 20+ years from now). In a new press release, the "f*g-hating" folks at Westboro Baptist...
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01/09/2008
Josh ph**ks with the phag-haters
On Friday, we showed you a lengthy email exchange that Out columnist Josh Kilmer-Purcell shared with Westboro Baptist's Shirley Phelps-Roper, after he'd unsuccessfully attempted to donate money to the family's "fag-hating" church. Well now Josh has taken his ironic attempts...
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01/07/2008
Video: The 'what the f**k?!' of the Irish
Remember those old Lucky the leprechaun commercials? Remember how he would cutely sing a lil' Irish ditty about his frosted Lucky Charm and their "magically delicious" taste? Yea, well, the following Westboro Baptist video is like the opposite of those...
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01/03/2008
Westboro wishes an unhappy and unhealthy '08
Some sing "Auld Lang Syne" and give their sweetie a smooch. Others eat black-eyed peas while watching an absurd amount of football. Yet always ones to buck common American trends, Westboro Baptist Church has instead opted to honor the new...
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12/27/2007
Westboro, tigers, and queers -- oh why?
In response to the sad news that a tiger escaped from its cage at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one and mauling two others, the rabid wildcats at Westboro Baptist Church have the following to say: Oh so sane. Be...
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11/28/2007
We thought they considered us 'possessed', not 'OBsessed'
In the news section of their "God Hates Fags" website, those silly kids are Westboro Baptist have linked to a post that we wrote in which we pointed out just how hard it must be to be part of a...
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11/26/2007
Video: Guaranteed to make your parents' nagging seem less extreme
Here's a recent 20/20 report on Westboro Baptist Church: After a long holiday weekend spent with family neuroses, crying babies, and your distant cousin's uber-boring stories, we just thought you could use a glimpse into the Phelpses world to make...
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11/14/2007
How much flithy lucre's in Westboro's war chest?
Have you ever wanted to delve into the bank books of Westboro Baptist Church? No, not really? Well the Baltimore Sun sure did. And the paper is now revealing just how profitable it is to be a "fag-hater" in America...
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Phelpses prayin' for a stayin'
Westboro Baptist Church is now asking a federal judge to "stay" the $10.9 million judgement that was recently cast against them while they appeal the matter: Anti-gay church asks federal judge to stay judgment against it [Balt Sun] In a...
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11/02/2007
Video: Westboro thankful for anti-windfall
Responding to the costly verdict that has been cast against them, the Phelps family has fired up the trusty video camera and committed their patented form batsh*t craziness to digital video. Geez, how many of them are there? Is it...
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11/01/2007
Westboro ruling: Both "YAY!" and nay
So as you might have already heard, Westboro Baptist Church was ordered yesterday to pay millions of dollars to a family of a slain soldier whose funeral the Phelps clan has protested. And of course the immediate reaction that comes...
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10/23/2007
Westboro: God's firing Arnold
You may have already this morning seen Matt Lauer's live report from the site of the California wildfires. However, you haven't heard the full story until you've heard Westboro Baptist Church's assessment of the situation: What, Westboro -- couldn't find...
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10/17/2007
Tale of two Freds gets wider notice
So remember yesterday when we told you how Westboro Baptist is claiming that they once saw "eye to eye" with Fred Thompson on gay rights issues? Well, that story has now hit the mainstream media, with the AP now running...
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10/16/2007
Does Thompson have a Phelpsian past?
We've seen GOP hopeful Fred Thompson waver on the gay marriage issue a few times now, with the candidate mostly coming across as an annoyingly gay-unfriendly social conservative, yet not as an vehemently anti-gay far-right extremist. But behind Thompson's somewhat...
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10/10/2007
Video: Kansas family holds weekend gathering
We haven't shown you the lunacy of a Westboro Baptist protest in quit some time. So here, have a look at their recent picket of the 26th Annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, MD (as filmed by Velvet Revolution):...
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10/03/2007
Video: Because 'Bette Davis Eyes' wasn't melodic enough
Condemning gays with a wrath so ferocious, they'll make you question the decency of all mankind? Westboro Baptist has fully mastered that concept! As for basing their parody videos around songs that are currently making an impact on the cultural...
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08/31/2007
Video: Kickin' rhymes with the Notorious W.B.C
Oh dear God: Wow! Those who oppose M4M are now getting in touch with their inner Eminems. You gotta give them points for trying new things, even if those things are out of tune in terms of both pitch and...
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08/29/2007
Westboro condemns Larry Craig, Larry/Craig
Well, you've heard pundits from the left and the right weigh in on the Larry Craig situation. Now hear from the far fringes of lunacy's most prominent talking heads, Westboro Baptist Church: Oh so frighteningly wacky! But you know, we...
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08/27/2007
God hates fajitas
First we saw 'em curse America. Then they extended their ideas about God's wrath to Sweden, Ireland, and England. And now, the "fag-hating" folks at Westboro Baptist are going south of the border, with Mexico as the latest locale from...
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08/24/2007
Video: 'Big Brother' on gays' big bother
::sigh:: Can we not consume one form of media in which the "fag-hating" folks at Westboro Baptist aren't given mention? This is from last night's "Big Brother After Dark" show on Showtime Too, where the BB house guests were talking...
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08/21/2007
If your browser seems happy, this might be why
We just found out that this bull... ...is constipated. Which totally reminded us what we really need to tell you, which is that for whatever reason, the entire stable of Westboro Baptist Church's unbelievably gay-hating websites are currently down: We'll...
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08/17/2007
This Hammy Faye Bacon portrait is simply not kosher
In their announcement that they will picket the memorial service of "the meretricious, cheap, gaudy, tawdry, tasteless, garish, raffish, taclcy, loud, eazy, hypocritical whore" Tammy Faye Messner, the grunts at Westboro Baptist Church are using this pig-headed image: Though that's...
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08/15/2007
No, WBC, you misunderstood: We hate the LITERAL man who lives upstairs
So last week, we wrote a little piece about Westboro Baptist, which we headlined: WBC and G-A-Y: Best Friends 4-Eva! In kind, WBC has linked back to our piece. In unkind, they have done so using this descriptor: Hmm..we hate...
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08/08/2007
To avoid: Phelps spinning at WeHo's Club Nutty
Are you a WeHo queen looking for a little weekend excitement? Bored with the same ol' bars and the same ol' clubs with the same ol' music? In the mood for something a little different? Well fear not, intrepid Hollywood...
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08/07/2007
WBC and G-A-Y: Best Friends 4-Eva!
So yesterday we wrote a silly little piece wherein we speculated whether there was some sort of connection between the surname Phelps (as in the Phelps family from Westboro Baptist Church) and extreme gay bias. And in reaction to that...
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08/06/2007
Wherein we blame the surname for the stone casting
What could possibly be up with the surname "Phelps"? What about it leads so many of its possessors to embrace the rabidly anti-gay lifestyle? We ask you this because (a) "Phelps" is of course the last name of the "fag-hating"...
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08/03/2007
Bleeding hearts, they are not
So how do the folks at Westboro Baptist Church acknowledge the Minnesota bridge disaster? Well... And we wanted to show you this, just in case the coverage you have been getting from... ...struck you as too skewed towards a "sane-leaning"...
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07/24/2007
God Hates Misusing Corporate Mascots
Continuing their nonstop parade of "charming" websites, the folks at Westboro Baptist have now launched GodHatesIreland.com, on which they, for one reason or another, declare the Emerald Isle to be a "Land of the Sodomite Damned." So what image do...
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07/19/2007
Fred's stone cold monument is bust
Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps has been rejected in his latest bid to have a monument installed in Casper, WY, which would've declared that Matthew Shepard is in hell. Our suggestion to Fred: You'll have your own ass-crazy monument (in a...
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07/17/2007
A monumentally f***ed up request
Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps is once again requesting to erect a monument in Casper, WY (the hometown of the slain Matthew Shepard), which would read: "MATTHEW SHEPARD, Entered Hell October 12, 1998, at age 21, in Defiance of God's Warning..."...
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07/10/2007
Clearly it's because God hates the hot dog eating contest
You know who's no fan of Independence Day? Well, God, according to Fred Phelps: TOTALLY explaining why the man upstairs never RSVPed to our backyard BBQ! We thought it was because we only had Aquafina, not holy water, and potato...
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06/08/2007
We give Shirl the right to remain responsive
So two days ago, we told you about Westboro Baptist's Shirley Phelps-Roper getting arrested in Nebraska on what are, in all honesty, some pretty ridiculous charges (Primary charge: suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after her child...
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06/06/2007
God Hates Flags
Westboro Baptist's Shirley Phelps-Roper was reportedly arrested today in Omaha, NE, for allowing her 10-year old son to stomp on an American flag. Since Nebraska has a state law against trampling on a flag in such a manner, Shirl was...
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05/29/2007
Video: Fred eschews rattle or bib for videotaped 'Welcome to world' gift
There are some things that we have to acknowledge, no matter how much we'd rather drink not. This latest video from Fred Phelps is just one of those things: Wow, usually one has to be at least a week old...
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05/23/2007
Shirl not deterred by smell of napalm in the morning
Earlier today, we brought you confirmation that the young man who planned to use explosive devices at Falwell's funeral was likely aiming to use them against Westboro Baptist Church. So rather than wait for Westboro's response to the matter, this...
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Westboro's da bomb (target)
So yesterday, as details were first trickling in, we told you about the Liberty University student who had planned to use bombs at Jerry Falwell's funeral, with us speculating that the explosives were meant to target Westboro Baptist's protest of...
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05/22/2007
B-lock Oh-bomb, a
According to ABC News, a 19-year-old Liberty University student has been arrested for having bombs in his car, which he admitted he'd planned to use to stop protestors (presumably Westboro Baptist) from disrupting today's funeral for Jerry Falwell. So let's...
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05/21/2007
Video: Phelps fires up the camera once again
Fred Phelps on Jerry Falwell (possibly NSFPsyches): A video that really leaves us with only one question for Mr. Phelps: Who or what mandates when you wear the black undershirt and when you choose the Devilish red one? 7/17/06 7/27/06...
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05/17/2007
The Westboro mention we tried to ignore
Alright, so we've been asked by loads of people why we haven't mentioned it. So here ya go: Yes, Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket at Jerry Falwell's funeral: Anti-Gay Phelps Clan To Protest At Falwell Funeral [365 Gay] News...
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05/16/2007
Westboro gets some '80s fever
This from Westboro Baptist's latest press release: Wow, "We Are The World" protests? How timely! What next, Westboro, are you sillies gonna go after Pac-Man's oral dot fixation? Maybe gun for flock of seagulls for representing themselves as avian in...
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