Since Mr. Carlson seems to be ignorant about Fred Phelps, I thought someone who has actually had run-ins with Phelps should enlighten him.
Fred Phelps is the pastor and founder of the Westboro Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas (if you are interested you can visit their Web site at www.godhatesfags.com). One would think that a small church in Kansas couldn’t possibly cause that much commotion . one would be wrong. Now I’m going to skip over the church’s beliefs on homosexuals, Jews, and a slew of other groups, because that is not what makes this particular group of people unique. The “special” thing about Fred Phelps and his followers is that they believe that God hates America.
There are a slew of reasons, but in essence it’s that America “enables” all of those groups that Phelps and co. hate. Well that’s fine, this group can think whatever they want, but they’re taking their protest to extremes that I’m sure Carlson, along with any considerate American, would be horrified by. They protest around the country at military funerals with signs saying “God Hates America,” “Thank God for 9/11” and “God hates Fag-enablers.” These are not at funerals for anyone in a particular “hate group” of Phelps, but merely soldiers who have fought under the banner of the United States, which therefore makes them “hated by God.”
Now there has been so much back and forth about different fascist sects in various religions, but I am here to say there are extremists in America, just like any other country. There are always those individuals willing to go to any length to support their beliefs. Just keep Phelps in mind next time you single out another group.