By Fausto Fernós on January 24, 2008
Shirley Phelps’ God is angry at you. Why? Because you are gay or you accept gay people.
Shirley Phelps is the spokesperson, matriarch and part-time lawyer for the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, Kansas.
Gay folks have known about them for years since they first protested at the funeral of slain gay college student Matthew Shepard. Since then, they have garnered international attention for their protests of military servicemen’s funerals saying it’s “God’s vengeance upon America’s acceptance of homosexuals.” They are known as “America’s Most Hated Family.”
The Phelps family plans to protest at “Brokeback Mountain” actor Heath Ledger’s memorial services. They are even planning a protest outside the red carpet at this years Academy Awards! Gee, I wonder what Shirley will wear? Will her gown match her “God Hates Fags” sign?
[Editor’s note: This interview was conducted before Heath Ledger died.]
Shirley Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church presents TWO choices for America: ONE, imprison and then execute the gays because that’s what the Bible says or TWO, give gays all the same rights that every other American enjoys.
Shirley states that you don’t get to base your discrimination against gays on the Bible’s morality if you don’t have the the determination to back it up. Which to reiterate is imprisonment and then death. There is no soft line stance. It’s black or white.
Which one are you going to choose? Which one is your mother, brother, sister or father going to choose? Ask them, see what kind of answer you get.
Because of this, they might be the “most important GLBT activists since Stonewall” according to Out Magazine columnist Josh Kilmer Purcell. He feels so strongly about them that he started a brand new website: PhagsforPhelps.com.
From Josh’s website phagsforphelps.com:
Stealth homophobes across America have been able to hide for too long behind cuddly phrases like: “love the sinner, hate the sin,” and “separate but equal,” and “tolerance.” GLBT Americans are tired of being “tolerated.” We want to be respected and embraced as true equals, not “loved” as “sinners.
Listen as Shirley Phelps meets Josh Kilmer-Purcell for the very first time on a special Feast of Fools Double Date!
Why do a lot of gay people and Christian fundamentalists hate the pope AND President George W. Bush just for different reasons, why prayers should be best kept to yourself, why you shouldn’t get too close Cheney’s daughter, are leprechauns gay or not and why we are all depraved?
The podcast that is full of it, and by it we mean the Holy Spirit et al- Feast of Fools.
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By Marc Felion on November 20, 2007
Like Cher said one time: “words are like weapons, they wound sometimes” and boy, was she right! So right in fact that there is a new book on the market called “Word Warriors,” a collection of interviews, essays and poems by 35 of the most influential female spoken word artists of today. It’s gonna make […]
continueBy Fausto Fernós on November 8, 2007
What is it with these Republicans? As you may or may not know, the list of anti-gay voting, behind the doors gay-sexing conservative Republican politicians keeps growing and growing.
Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Richard “Frankenfurter” Curtis and Mike Shallow. Shallow, a two-term City Commissioner and mayoral candidate from Florida got caught last week whoring […]
By Fausto Fernós on October 9, 2007
Why do people decide to become porn stars? Although being a “porn star” may carry a certain mystique. you don’t usually make a lot of money at it. Being in entertainment generally takes a big toll on your psyche and your finances. Your really better off selling real estate if your in it for […]
continueBy Fausto Fernós on August 29, 2007
It’s easy to take your daily life for granted. Despite not having universal health care, equal rights or the ability to get married, we still have it pretty good in the United States.
But, there are days when I ponder what life is like for gay men and women in parts of the world where […]
By Marc Felion on July 31, 2007
Alpana Singh opens the show with a delicious cocktail recipe she now calls “Feast of Pineapple.” Alpana, as you may remember is the host of the Emmy Award winning television show “Check Please” which airs on public television in Chicago. The show features a round table discussion on local restaurants. The show’s guests eat at […]
continueBy Fausto Fernós on July 30, 2007
Audio blogging? What’s that?
In the early days of podcasting, before such a word even existed, there were many people out there posting audio files to their blog entries to illustrate the ideas they were trying to present.
One of my favorite discoveries was trans blogger Joshua Bastian Cole, who had extensively documented his body […]
By Fausto Fernós on July 10, 2007
Ever wonder why we name our show “Feast of Fools” or “Gay Fun Show”? Listen to today’s podcast and find out.
Today we’re joined once again by the delightful Barbara Carrellas for Part 2 of our interview with her and her new book “Urban Trantra : Sacred sex for the twenty first century.” Pictured to the […]
By Fausto Fernós on July 9, 2007
Today’s show will change your life. Maybe.
Let’s talk about sex baby! Just what makes it work for some and not others? How can you use sex as a way of healing yourself, bringing in creative energy and making yourself aware of the world around you?
Arising from the HIV/AIDS crisis during the 80’s sex expert, theater […]
By Marc Felion on June 21, 2007
Are you controlled by Uranus? What kind of sway does that freaky seventh planet from the sun hold over your sexuality? Maybe your a butch dyke because your Venus and your Moon collide? Just how in fact do these celestial bodies influnece our lives?
On today’s show, Fausto and Marc chat with Alan Oken, […]
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