Fred Phelps and Friends

Great video.
I just think it needs a little more explanation ...like you did in your first post.

As for the content, it is very compelling and unbelievable.

This was a chilling glimps into a dark and ignorant part of society.

It would have been great if you interviewed one of those crazy people
then again maybe you would,nt want to get that close.

I loved the music.....it was beautiful. This pod was very informative. I never knew people blamed homosexuality for problems such as the death of a marine in the war. I pray it makes it on the air...

what a terrible thing

-dani_peace

I'm kinda not down with the transitions you used, but you got some really rad footage.

i'm glad u guys made a movie about that, man, those people are absolutely rediculous. it just pisses me off to no end...later tommy boy

Give that man a beer.

Blah blah blah what anyone says about editing it down shorter and whatnot. That's amazing footage, simply the raw stuff would hold its own. Crazy that you were right there while that happened. Really cool. Green light.

WELL, I'M NOT SURPRISED AT THE PHELPS CLAN......
US MILITANT QUEERS/AIDS ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF HATE FROM THESES SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS FOR
OVER 23 YEARS... DOING WHAT THEY DO AT FUNERALS NOW,(AND THEN)...FIRST >>>
THEY DID IT TO PEOPLE GAY, AND STRAIGHT- EVEN CHILD, AS WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE SOLIDERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. THESES FAMILIES DON'T DESERVE THIS, JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON ( TARGETED BY THE PHELPS CLAN) WHO DIED OF AIDS DIDN'T EITHER!!!!! NOR DID ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES THEN.(AS NOW). >>
WHY NOW COME TO THE RESCUE???? WHERE WAS ANYONE WHEN WE WERE "TELLING EVERYONE" WHAT THIS GROUP WAS DOING AT FUNERALS???? WAS IT BECAUSE MOST OF THE DYING WAS GAY/QUEER MEN?? AND IT DIDN'T MATTER TO YOU THEN?? WAS IT OK AT THAT TIME??? JUST NOT THIS TIME, RIGHT???? REMEMBER; HUNDREDS OF GAY AND LESBIANS ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES IN AFGAN/IRAQ WITH NO
RESPECT FOR THEIR LIVES, AND THEIR DUTY, THAT THEY DID FOR THEIR COUNTRY.... REPEAL THE "DON'T ASK,DON'T TELL"
POLICY. WHICH CLINTON MADE WORST FOR THE LGBQT COMMUNITY-
WE ALL SEE THE RISING "HATE' IN OUR COUNRTY, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO WORK ON, TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT TAKE STEPS BACK... PHELPS ONLY HAS POWER IF YOU GIVE IT TO HIS CLAN... WE DID THE SAME WHEN IT CAME TO BLOCKING THE VIEW OF MOTHERS AND FAMILIES WHO HAD TO SEE AND READ ALL THE HATEFUL MESSAGES TOWARDS THEIR DEAD CHILDREN FROM AIDS, AND NOW- WE SEE IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME MESSAGE - NEW GROUP (THE SOLIDER). BUT, WHY WAS NO ONE THERE FOR PEOPLE DYING FROM AIDS? DID YOU SEE IT AS OK THAT PHELPS DID THIS TO SUFFERING AIDS PEOPLE?? WE ARE ALL HUMAN-( RELIGION & SEXUALITY
ASIDE), WE AMERICAS MUST NOT ALLOW THIS HATE TO FESTER & GROW ANYMORE IN OUR COUNTRY.... YES, THEY PASTED A LAW TO KEEP PHELPS BACK- BUT, IF I KNOW THAT CREEP- HE WILL FIND A "LEGAL" WAY TO GET BACK AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE "RESTING OF OUR DEAD". (FIRST, IT WAS PEOPLE WITH AIDS, THEN- IT WAS THE FALLEN SOLIDERS IN THIS UNJUST WAR(S), WHO WILL BE NEXT ON THE LIST???)
MAYBE WE WILL GET LUCKY AND SEE THE BRAINWASHED "CLAN" DEMOSTRATE AT PHELPS OWN FUNERAL?? MAYBE I'LL MAKE A SIGN ABOUT PHELPS THAT SAYS; " GOOD RIDIENCE TO BAD
"FALSE"CHRISTIAN TRASH" !!!! (only a dream-still phelps would not be missed at all.)
PROMOTE LOVE AND PEACE WITH ALL (INCLUDING HOMOSEXUALS - GET OVER IT ALREADY PEOPLE!!) AND ALWAYS DENONCE HATE OF ANY KIND, ANYWHERE YOU SEE OR HEAR IT. if it's homophobia or any phobias towards other human beings, it all of our job to "CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE" SO IT WON'T GROW AGAIN......LOVE EACH OTHER- DON'T HATE..>>>
TAKE CARE, AND TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WANT TO BE TREATED OKAY?? WE WILL ALL BE BETTER FOR IT!!!!!
LATER ~ PETE

it should be edited down a bit shorter...and work on the sound transitioning... other than that good piece good story

Greetings all, I just have a small addition to Reid's little spiel about the video. Thanks to these people, Delaware is now considering a peaceful funerals law, in which protesting funerals would be made illegal. Regardless of your politics, this event, as well as its consequences, should be pondered. I was there amidst the chaos, and if you take one thing away from this video it should be that these protestors revel in the type of controversy that they cause, and show no remorse for disgracing such a solemn occasion.

Thank you all,

Tom

We were afraid it would be confusing to some people, so I'll go ahead and make a few things clear. The Marine, whose name we won't say, was NOT homosexual. His funeral and memorial service was targeted by the Phelps church group because that's what they do, spending their free time making average people angry with their extreme, and in our opinion, offensive rhetoric. So after about 30 minutes of their "protest," the locals had enough and a few guys jumped the tape and punched a church member in the face, and then all Hell broke loose. I got hit in the leg with some glass from a thrown bottle as they chased the police van out of town, and then a few people vandalized the bus the church group came into town on. Tom and I spent a lot of time on this and we'd be grateful if enough people greenlit it for broadcast. We hope you feel the same way about it as we do, this being a story that everyone should see, regardless of your political or religious views.

Thanks for your time,
Reid

Editing to 3 minutes would improve this, but it leaves out some critically important information about "Reverend" Fred Phelps and his "church".
1) The "church" membership totals about 75 people, mostly Phelps relatives

2) While the group calls itself " Westboro Baptist Church", the Southern Baptist Convention has disclaimed any connection (see link%3A%2F%2Fwww%2
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3) No one in their right mind would call this hate-spewing group a "church".

In answer to the previous post, no one is suggesting that the marine whose service was the occasion for the Phelps's demonstration was gay. These idiots think we are at war because America permits gay people to exist, instead of being stoned to death.

It is very confusing. Could you explain it more? Was the marine gay? How did supporters supported?