Yeah, from what I’ve read, they are well-practiced at the suing thing. They were sued by one of the military families and lost — $11 million worth — but I’m not sure where that stands. It should be enough to put them out of business if it stands.

Jeez, they only sent three to the wedding? What an insult!

I say honor because I knew that for a brief moment, they were not terrorizing the family of one of our fallen service members.

We were told that they come into a community, warn the local police that they fear for their lives, and that they expect protection. While I don’t have proof, it is my understanding that they are willing to sue the localities if their Constitutional rights are not protected. This might explain their confrontational and offensive posture.

The three of them who came to protest our marriage were isolated by 70 plus counter protesters while my partner and I, along with some 150 family and friends, experienced one of the most moving moments in our lives.

I hate to say it, but maybe we are defined by our friends and by our “enemies”.

“Boo, Jayhawks.” No problem. I have family members who were KSU Wildcats, but no Jayhawks.

Interesting factoids about the Phelps clan. They may be twisted, but not dumb. Many are practicing attorneys. One daughter worked as an attorney for the Kansas Corrections Dept., and won an award for her work a couple of years ago. Fred Phelphs was an Eagle Scout and moved from Mississippi to Topeka the same year that Brown v Topeka Board of Education was decided. After getting a law degree at Washburn Univ. in Topeka, he handled a number of civil rights lawsuits and even won recognition from the NAACP. How he journeyed from there to world class bigotry against just about everything and everybody is unclear.

As for the Phelps’ financing, see here.

I’ve had the same question. How have they supported themselves and their good cheer tours all these years? Are they tax exempt, as both a church and a nonprofit? Expect so. No Kansas wisecracks, please. Spent my formative years there.