Fred Phelps

Death Hearse on Satan's Titty Highway the next stop on Zachary Helm's wild ride

Zachary Byron Helm pushes the boundaries of horror in his upcoming film, Death Hearse on Satan's Titty Highway, which he's filming right here, right now in Englewood. And it should be a wild ride. See also: - Q&A: Artist Daniel Crosier of Mother Mind Studios - Ten weird movie references in Colorad ... More >>

What a wonderful, genderqueer world!

When I was younger, I thought bisexuality was a party trick. I thought it was something that teenage girls used to get attention. Since I've stopped being a teenage girl, I've learned that there are more than just the three oversimplified dimensions -- gay, straight and bi -- of sexuality. But that' ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church to take on the East High Angels?

Fred Phelps.​Sadly, it's too late to block the border. By now the professional picketers from Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps's "god-hates-fags" group, have likely made their way from Kansas to Colorado, where they've announced plans to picket two Jewish General Assembly meetings downtown ... More >>

Marching with the leather contingent: Denver PrideFest Parade 2011

J. Wohletz​ I came. I saw. I marched. I made an obscene gesture at some rowdy Christians. And then I tripped, fell on my ass and twisted the shit out of my ankle. But it was all for a good cause: I marched in the Denver PrideFest Parade with the leather contingent. 7:30 a.m. is mighty early, ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church cancels Ponderosa High, DU Hillel protests for travel complications

Fred Phelps.​Today, the Douglas County School District website kicks off with a "Breaking News" item that reads: "The planned protest by the Westboro Baptist Church at Ponderosa High School's graduation has been canceled by the group due to travel complications." The response from a member of ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church counter-protest organizer wants peace to prevail

Fred Phelps.​Westboro Baptist Church haters under the sway of venomous Reverend Fred Phelps are headed to the Denver area tomorrow. But instead of mounting a huge rally in response, representatives of the University of Denver Hillel, one of the threatened stops, will ignore the display and hol ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church protesters tell Parker PD they'll picket Ponderosa High graduation

Fred Phelps.​The homophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Islamic members of the Westboro Baptist Church, led by the evil Reverend Fred Phelps, don't always show up when they threaten to protest military funerals and the like. But they appear to be serious about befouling three local sites on Thursday m ... More >>

Reader: Jesus promises to start cleaning house with Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church

Fred Phelps.​We've had some notable folks comment on our website, but none has been or will ever be bigger than Jesus, who surfed our way to share His thoughts about the Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church on a post from last April about these virulent scumbags. Don't think th ... More >>

Top 8 Westboro Baptist Church insults against Colorado

Fred Phelps.​This week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Westboro Baptist Church's right to protest at military funerals, typically by claiming that God killed the soldier in question as punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality. This ruling is likely to further energize Reverend ... More >>

An open letter to militant vegans: Shut the fu*k up!

​Dear militant vegans: Please, please, for the love of all things holy, do a favor for everyone -- non-militant vegans, vegetarians and carnivores alike -- and shut the fuck up already.

Westboro Baptist Church: 1,000-plus show up for Durango protest, none from actual church

Fred Phelps.​The evil bigots and homophobes from the Kansas-based, Fred Phelps-led Westboro Baptist Church have a habit of saying they're going to show up to picket something positive or sacred and then not bothering to show up. This scenario played out again in Durango yesterday, with love at ... More >>

Reader: Art like Jesus receiving oral sex painting must be protected against vigilante force

​We've hosted a lively debate on a post about "The Romantic Cannibals," an artwork depicting Jesus receiving oral sex that Montana trucker Kathleen Folden allegedly destroyed using a crowbar. Many of the comments debate whether or not the piece, on view below, can be considered art. But for I ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church poll results: Next, they should hate guinea pigs... and themselves

​Last week, we asked you to guess what Westboro Baptist Church might hate next after they declared their loathing for the American flag. Now, just in time for the Fred Phelps Traveling Circus' threatened appearance in Fort Collins, here are the hilarious results.

Westboro Baptist Church protest in Fort Collins to be met with silence

WBC's evil Fred Phelps.​Earlier this month, we told you about threats by the haters from Westboro Baptist Church to befoul a number of area locations, with several opportunities for bigotry against gays and Jewish residents of Fort Collins planned. If WBC does show up, the Lambda Community Ce ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church adds the flag to its list of things God hates

​Chalk up another one on the list of random things the Westboro Baptist Church hates: Flags. In honor of Flag Day, the WBC issued a (probably unintentionally) hilarious press release -- which came a day late, because evidently it takes a little while to write a song about how "They'll face t ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church haters target Denver Pride Fest, other Colorado locations

Fred Phelps: This is what evil looks like.​The gay-hating, anti-Semitic horror show that is Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church doesn't always show up for its promised ignorance fests. But back in April, the Fred Phelps-led troglodytes staged a slew of protests like this one in Colorado. And ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church haters threaten to picket funeral of Golden's Sgt. Grant Wichmann

Fred Phelps's evil flock is at it again.​The appalling Bible-twisters at the Westboro Baptist Church are at it again. Less than two weeks ago, the WBC horror show rolled into Colorado, targeting a variety of schools, synagogues and more. While here, they spread their usual brand of ignorance: ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church haters drowned out by social-media-fueled forces in Boulder: Does God hate Facebook?

The man who loves to hate: WBC pastor Fred Phelps.​The infamous clan of gay-hating, anti-Semitic demonstrators of the Westboro Baptist Church kept its promise to harass schools in Boulder Thursday -- an almost rare follow through for the group that appears to have found their obnoxious presenc ... More >>

Phelps-a-Thon at Boulder High School pays it forward

Westboro Baptist Church: Denver schools warned about gay-hating protest -- but will the group actually show?

WBC pastor Fred Phelps is a radical homophobe with a penchant for flakiness. ​Last week, we broke the news that the infamously hateful Westboro Baptist Church has announced a three-day-long protest at fifteen Denver metro locations, including events at area high schools during school hours. An ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church targets Denver-area schools and more: Students, parents plan counter-protest

Westboro Baptist Church Pastor Fred Phelps and his gang are coming to spread the message that God hates school?​The infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church -- which is currently making headlines for its claim that God was responsible for a mine explosion this week in West Virginia that kille ... More >>

Same sex-marriage debate: Westboro Baptist Church protest falls flat -- because gay haters don't show up

Fireworks were on the agenda last night in Boulder. The setting: CU. The occasion: a debate about same-sex marriage sponsored by the campus Catholic ministry. The opponents: Representatives of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, whose web address, GodHatesFags.com, symbolizes the organization's ... More >>

An expressive ode to Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church

​As you may have heard, Fred Phelps and his cheerful band of hate mongers failed to show up at the University of Colorado campus last night as threatened for the same-sex marriage debate sponsored by the campus Catholic ministry. Pity. From what we hear, the students were all geared up and rea ... More >>

Vile prejudice and hatred to accompany same-sex marriage debate at CU

Westboro Baptist Church's Fred Phelps: one evil bastard.​No doubt some supporters of same-sex marriage already had their doubts about the evenhandedness of tonight's debate on the topic at CU. After all, it's sponsored by the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center -- and the Catholic church as an ... More >>

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