June 15, 2008
We’re Meeting Our Idol, Fred Phelps!
Well, I doubt we’re going to meet him, or even meet him — Freddie doesn’t appear at too many of his own protests anymore, opting instead to let his mad cow of a daughter, Shirley Phelps Roper, lead the “God Hates Fags” klan around these days.
But one thing’s for sure: I’m a big fan of Fred Phelps! No, really, I am: After years of allowing the crazy old coot and the rest of his Filthiest Family Alive to fill me full of anger, disgust, and hate, I realized that Fred Phelps is the best advertisement for Teh Homosexual Agenda there is — he’s the poster boy for religious extremism, the perfect cartoon illustration of the dangers of corrupting, twisting, and perverting “The Good News” (and then swallowing it, vomiting it up back, and flushing it down the toilet) to suit one’s own religious psychosis. He is the Bogeyman of the Radical Religious Right (even though he’s a Democrat — did you know that?), The Thing from Another World that shoves the hypocritical insanity of ultra-fundamentalism smack in the gobs of the general public, forcing John and Jane Q. Public to see the anti-gay crusaders for the hate-filled nutbags they really are. (Oh, you think the “mainstream” anti-gay brigades disagree with Phelps? Hell, no! They just don’t have the guts to say what they’re thinking, out loud, like Freddie does. But believe you me, the Westboro Baptist Church speaks for them.) If Fred Phelps didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him.
That said, Buffy and I were delighted to learn that Insane Phelps Posse will be performing (for two days only!) right here in our own backyard, to protest marriage equality in California. Buffy has the details; in short, they’ll be in both Monterey and San Francisco tomorrow, Monday, June 16th (do they even know how far apart Monterey and SF are?), and in Martinez (don’t get too close to that refinery, Freddie! it blows up a lot!) Tuesday, June 17th.
And you bet your buttons Buffy and I will be there in SF, to give Freddie a warm, Golden State welcome.
Speaking of buttons, The Buff and I had a ton of “Can I Vote on Your Marriage Now?” buttons made to give away at San Francisco Pride next weekend, which we’ll now be giving away tomorrow. If you want one, come find us amidst the crowd at San Francisco City Hall tomorrow afternoon — we’ll be the vertically-challenged, long-haired Italian and the taller blonde with the baby-blue bedroom eyes, wearing our “Can I Vote on Your Marriage Now?” T-shirts.
Whatever you do, my fellow Californians, come to one of these Phelps protests if you can possibly make it! This is going to be fun, fun, fun!
Filed under: California, Events, Fred Phelps, Hate Speech, Homophobia, Marriage Equality
