Fred Phelps

Free Speech: Court Reverses $5 Million Ruling Against Gay, Jew, and Soldier-Hating Westboro Baptist Church

Andy Towle September 25, 2009

A federal appeals court reversed a $5 million judgment (originally an $11 million judgment, which was reduced) against Fred Phelps' Westboro … [Read more...] about Free Speech: Court Reverses $5 Million Ruling Against Gay, Jew, and Soldier-Hating Westboro Baptist Church

Andy Towle September 24, 2009

Is the Westboro Baptist Church distributing flyers that read "Kill Jews" around Brooklyn? Sounds like it. Guess what? It's leaf peeping … [Read more...] about News: Autumn, Provincetown, Starbucks, Trevor Donovan, Lutherans

Matthew Rettenmund July 6, 2009

Fans hoping to score a ticket to Michael Jackson's concert funeral were informed yesterday of their success or (as above) failure. Just 8,750 fans … [Read more...] about “We Must Live Each Day Like It’s the Last”: The Jackson Funeral

Andy Towle July 1, 2009

BEAT IT: Reporter swats away drunk Michael Jackson fan.SQUIRREL DEN: Anderson Cooper examines a police video.WBC: Supreme Court says Westboro Baptist … [Read more...] about Towleroad Guide to the Tube #502

Andy Towle June 23, 2009

Letter to Obama from People for the American Way calls for him to make major speech on LGBT equality and to move Congress to act. International Space … [Read more...] about News: Volcano, Andy Cohen, Generation Gap, Neda, Apple, Bruno

Andy Towle May 5, 2009

The UK Home Office has published a list of individuals banned from entering the UK since October: "Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, said she … [Read more...] about Michael Savage, Fred and Shirley Phelps Banned from UK Over Hate

Andy Towle April 27, 2009

The Washington Post says being gay is a "lifestyle": But the real news of this post is the counter-protest put together by students at … [Read more...] about Westboro Baptist Protests Walt Whitman’s Sexuality, Gets Pwn’d

Andy Towle April 24, 2009

Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church recently left a blog post that has some wondering if the extremist group is planning a mass suicide (a la … [Read more...] about Westboro Baptist Church Planning Suicidal Exodus?

Andy Towle March 31, 2009

Shirley Phelps-Roper and a contingent from the Westboro Baptist Church paid a visit to the White House yesterday to pray for God to shortly destroy … [Read more...] about ‘God Hates Fag Hag’ Shirley Phelps-Roper Goes to the White House

Andy Towle March 12, 2009

When Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church arrived at the University of Chicago earlier this week, counterprotestors lined the opposite side of the … [Read more...] about Frat Boys Offer Fred Phelps an Animal House Protest for Tolerance