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Fred Phelps Targets Obama's Kids...

Published: 11/10/2009 by Bill Wheeler

Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka KS) have specialized in outrageous protests against gays. Now he has taken the traveling freak show to the Sidwell Friends School in Washington. That's where Malia and Sasha Obama spend their days. From TalkingPointsMemo.com:

"Protesters were carrying signs with anti-gay, anti-abortion and anti-Obama slogans, slowing down traffic all along Wisconsin Avenue this morning.

Westboro Baptist Church, founded by Fred Phelps and made up mostly of Phelps family members, has garnered national attention for carrying signs such as "Thank God for 9/11" and protesting at funerals, including that of Matthew Shepard, the student who was killed in 1998 because he was gay.

They believe that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the ensuing wars and even the mass shooting last week at Fort Hood, are punishment from God for tolerance of homosexuality. They plan to picket the Fort Hood memorial service this Tuesday."

The First Amendment protects free speech; Phelps abuses the privilege on a regular basis. That said, though, they have fully discredited their cause with their tactics. As difficult as it is to tolerate this behavior, I try to remember that it's counter productive.