On AlterNet: phelps

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "phelps"

Isn't Free Speech Important Enough to Tolerate Fred Phelps Screaming 'F*ggot' at the Funerals of Dead Soldiers?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 20, 2011.

More, rather than less speech remains the best way to combat the kind of bile peddled by Phelps and his ilk.

What Two Super-Jocks Can Tell Us About the Disastrous War on Pot

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 23, 2009.

We have a double standard -- promoting the recreational use of alcohol and banning the similar use of marijuana.

We Are a Nation of Junkies Hooked on Media-Fabricated Outrage

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. February 16, 2009.

As the Phelps 'scandal' proves yet again, our narcotic of choice -- creating controversy where none exists -- packs a punch.

Fred Phelps' Anti-Gay Hate Group to Protest Funeral of Murdered UNC Student President

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 8, 2008.

Phelps' "God Hates Fags" group is also protesting the funeral of an 18-year-old Auburn student killed this past week.

"Million Fag March" Turns the Tables on Homophobic Pastor Fred Phelps

Trish, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 5, 2008.

Organizers say it's time to "show Phelps and his church that freedom of speech works both ways."

Slain Soldier's Family Wins $11 Million Dollar Suit Against Homophobic Phelps Family Church

TRex, AlterNet: PEEK. November 1, 2007.

TRex: It's enough to bankrupt them and totally destroy them. That's the best news I've heard in ages.

Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2007.

Liliana Segura: The infamous Reverend Fred Phelps and his hate-filled follows consider Minnesota the "Land of the Sodomite Damned."

One of Fred Phelps' Daughters Arrested in "Flag Stomping" Incident

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 7, 2007.

Jayne Lyn Stahl: So, now that the left has found religion, the right has found the First Amendment.