Fred Phelps Stages Homophobic Anti-Obama Protest Outside Sasha And Malia’s School
This week, they’re bringing their hateful message to children in Washington, DC, planning pickets at a handful of local schools. This morning, they showed up outside of Sidwell Friends, the school that Sasha and Malia Obama attend. On Twitter, Megan Phelps-Roper — one of Fred Phelps’ grandchildren — posted a picture of the protest (above).
Washington Post education reporter Michael Birnbaum said that he spent the morning at the protest, and MSNBC host David Shuster wrote, “Hopefully, some of the more rational conservatives/republicans will condemn this stuff today. It was beyond the pale.” ThinkProgress contacted Sidwell for more details on the protest and are awaiting a response.
In the past, extreme anti-choice activist Randall Terry has also targeted the Obama children’s school, saying, “We will continue to show images of aborted babies at high schools, no matter what the cost.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/09/westboro-sidwell/
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I haven't heard of these wack jobs before.
(Edit: Oh, it's the Westboro Baptist Church)
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these people are utterly pathetic.
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Disgusting, targeting Obama's Children. That's a new low but it seems like the right wing nutters don't care about civility or even borderline decency, seeing as they had pictures of Dachau at their anti-health care reform protest.
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Okay, now that's just disgusting.
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Sasha and Malia go to a rich kids school. Thank goodness the idiotic protesters can't get too close because this is so wrong. Hopefully the majority of kids did not even see these morons.
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- samthesixth
- 13 days ago
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I think obama is a piece of shit but he kids should be left alone.
Thats as low as pickin on Palins kids. Something most of you didnt seem to have a problem with.
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- Ihatethemall
- 13 days ago
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At a fucking school? What's wrong with these people? Oh wait...
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Put a target on these Fing assholes and then shoot. How dare do this in front of the girls school.
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- LadybugLady
- 12 days ago
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we should send lots of gay couples there immediately to make out in front of the protesters and drive them all away in disgust
hahaha-
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- sweatmyhalyard
- 12 days ago
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These people are completely insane, why hasn't any of the Bush kids joined the military in defense of their dads big fucking mistake?
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- kennymotown
- 12 days ago
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well, these folks wanted to get noticed. One way to do that was to go where the media would be.
And as far as the anti-gay rally... They're just stating what they believe in.
Any person that truly believes in God has read the bible would know that man should not lay with man, nor woman with woman.
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Where is the "Law Abiding Citizen" or the "Men Who Stare at Goats" when you need them? I think its time someone takes these Westboro freaks our of commission for good.
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Westboro is the worst excuse for I church that I have ever heard of
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Isn't it amazing how many 'outlooks' can be built on the 'solid' foundation of the bible? You can't argue with these idiots because they can justify everything according to their holy book. Maybe if they tried reading something other then the bible they might actually evolve.
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This is Christianity? What would Jesus do? Are these people any better than Terrorists? Wasn't the core Message of Jesus Love and Compassion?
When will the people of the world realize that religion is an individuals choice and should not be imposed upon others with different points of view? One World, One Love. -
I went to their website to leave a comment, and was shocked to see a scroll with the victims of the Fort Hood massacre with a headline that says "God Hates You". Go to their site and tell these assholes what you think. It is mainly the Rev. (i use this word lightly) Phelp's and his immediate and extended family of imbreads who belong to this church.






