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Wiley Drake Focuses His Imprecatory Prayers On Fred Phelps

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on January 13, 2011 - 2:49pm

Wiley Drake has become notorious in recent years for praying for the death of President Obama, hundreds of members of Congress, and pretty much everyone who doesn't share his radical agenda ... and now he is turning his imprecatory prayers against Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church because they are, get this, "an embarrassment to Bible believing Pro-Life and Pro-Family Christians":

Christians from Around the World to Discuss Imprecatory Prayer for Westboro Baptist and Pastor Fred Phelps

Pastor Wiley Drake will host an open discussion with members of the body of Christ, from around the world, as to what to do about people he sees as an embarrassment to Bible believing Pro-Life and Pro-Family Christians, especially for those who are proud to be called Baptist.

Pastor Drake states, "We will have an OPEN prayer meeting/discussion to allow everyone to share their ideas and prayers."

If you are interested in listening to Drake’s discussion on how best to pray for the death of Phelps and his Westboro flock, you can call in tomorrow at noon Eastern time.

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If At First You Don't Succeed, Invite Westboro Baptist

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on October 16, 2008 - 11:34am

What happens when a local gay organization in Florida can't get any of the people working to pass the anti-gay marriage amendment to come and debate them? Well, if you are the Stonewall Legal Alliance at FIU College of Law, you go out and find some other anti-gay activists who will - in this case, members of the Westboro Baptist Church:

A church known for spewing anti-gay rhetoric and picketing military funerals is slated to debate a state marriage amendment at a forum next week at Florida International University.

The Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church accepted an invitation from the Stonewall Legal Alliance, a gay group at the FIU College of Law. The debate will focus on Amendment 2, the initiative on the Nov. 4 ballot that would add Florida's existing ban on same-sex marriage to the state constitution.

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Jose Gabilondo, an associate law professor at FIU, plans to argue against the amendment, while two daughters of Westboro Pastor Fred Phelps will speak for it.

Westboro has gained national notoriety by picketing at gay pride events as well as funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq; it equates modern America with Sodom and Gomorrah.

Westboro members agreed to pay their own expenses to Florida.

"The message of Westboro is the message of Amendment 2," Gabilondo said.

Debate organizers said they invited members of a state coalition supporting the amendment, as well as several other groups, but they declined.

"That's the most heinous thing I've ever heard. They go to the most radical group," said Janet Folger, an Amendment 2 supporter who heads a more mainstream Fort Lauderdale-based group called Faith2Action. "It's a deliberate attempt to make the pro-marriage people appear to be something they're not."

Of course, if Folger is so concerned that her movement is being represented by a bunch of vicious bigots, perhaps she should attend the debate herself and explain exactly how her belief that gay marriage = end times actually differs from those espoused by the Phelps clan.

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Land Blasts Phelps

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on November 7, 2007 - 3:17pm

Richard Land is no fan of Fred Phelps, his Westboro Baptist Church, or their tactics: "In my opinion, Fred Phelps and his disciples’ grotesque assault on these bereft family members is nothing less than verbal pornography and obscenity. It is not, and should not, be protected under the First Amendment. For this group of misguided zealots to do their despicable deeds in the name of God is blasphemous."

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Phleps Clan Hit With $11 Million Verdict

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on November 1, 2007 - 8:22am

Via AFP: "A US jury ordered [Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church] Wednesday to pay nearly 11 million dollars in damages for picketing the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq and claiming the war was punishment for tolerating gays."

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Noted Without Comment

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on May 30, 2007 - 3:27pm

From a new Rolling Stone article entitled “All Flipper, No Gipper” which looks at the troubles the current Republican presidential hopefuls are having winning over the Right:

Sam Brownback

Ticket to ride. Kansas senator appeals not only to Christian fundamentalists (he serves only "one Constituent" - God; considers abortion murder and homosexuality immoral) but to economic fundamentalists ("He has a great pro-growth record," raves Pat Toomey of the Club for Growth).

Baggage. Baptized by a priest from the Catholic cult of Opus Dei (featured in The Da Vinci Code). A favorite of hatemongers: Fred Phelps, the "God Hates Fags" preacher infamous for disrupting gay funerals, says Brownback "likes what we're doing, and he tells me that."