Here I go again.
Fred Phelps is a pathetic little hate monger who has lost his way in his search for God.
Gay people and their families particularly those who lost family and extended family to aids have had to deal with Mister Phelps and his surly band for years.
I think it is, in an odd way, wonderful that he is noticed by mainstream America and that his actions might, maybe, possibly could make other hate mongers look into their own lost hearts and see the emptiness that they call faith.
Fred Phelps has condemned himself to dwell in darkness, and he is taking his family with him to drink the Kool Aid. Perhaps he is irredeemable. He may even have some guarantees under the First Amendment. But he may inadvertently help to truly save others who have lost their way.
In a practical sense, shouldn't all those grandchildren that Mister Phelps drags around to pad out his entourage be in school someplace?
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher