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Reader: Westboro Baptist Church calling Drew Carey a hater couldn't be more ironic

Our post yesterday about the repugnant Westboro Baptist Church's announced protest of a Drew Carey show in Denver got quite a few of our readers talking. Here's a post that marvels at one insult the WBC used against Carey.

Photos: Sydney Spies on sexy yearbook pic controversy, new Syfy movie

Earlier this year, Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, was nixed in favor of the her school ID pic -- see how it looks in ... More >>

Mojo Nixon: "I am here to set the world straight about Tim Tebow and his invisible friends!"

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Video: Sydney Spies fights for sexy yearbook photo in Today show interview

Since our post last week about Durango High student Sydney Spies protesting the banning of a flirty photo from her school's yearbook, the story has exploded nationally, culminating with her appearance this morning, alongside her mom, Miki, on the Today show. In the piece, on view below, yearbook ed ... More >>

Reader: East High students kept cool in counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church

​Our post about East High students' counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church picketers noted how thoughtfully participants considered their response to the infamous congregation of haters. One reader concedes that she probably couldn't have managed to do likewise.

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 >>

Westboro Baptist Church counter-protest at East High champions love over hate (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​Surprise, surprise: Protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church, who often threaten to picket certain locations and then fail to show up, actually brought their vile circus to East High School this morning as scheduled. And students and others who reject the WBC's messages of i ... 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 >>

Ryan Wheeler, Westboro Baptist Church target, glad picketers didn't ruin Ponderosa graduation

Ponderosa High.​The members of Topeka, Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church are notorious for many things, including signs that read "God Hates Fags" and protests of military funerals. But for them to plan a protest at his graduation was a shocker Ponderosa High senior Ryan Wheeler wasn't ready to ... 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 may have canceled protest, but DU diversity rally to go on

DU Hillel​The Westboro Baptist Church canceled a protest today at the DU Hillel, one of three planned picketing sites. However, a diversity rally to counter the WBC's message of hate, planned this evening at an undisclosed time and location, will still go on. And thanks to the no-show, detail ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church picketing: DU Hillel plans to ignore protest, stage diversity rally

DU Hillel​The hate-mongering members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan three stops in the Denver area tomorrow, including at the University of Denver Hillel. So how will staffers and members fight back? By not even acknowledging the WBC's protest -- and via a diversity rally whose details a ... 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 >>

Kenny McKinley death could lead to teen suicide attempts, says head of DPS prevention program

Kenny McKinley.​Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley was laid to rest yesterday (fortunately with no reported protests from members of Westboro Baptist Church) on the same day that Denver Public Schools publicly introduced its Signs of Suicide curriculum. The later event had been planned long befor ... More >>

Kenny McKinley's death backdrop for Denver Public Schools suicide prevention program

Kenny McKinley.​The death by suicide of Denver Bronco Kenny McKinley, whose funeral today may be protested by the Westboro Baptist Church, has brought new attention to the subject of suicide in general. In many ways, that's a good thing -- but it also has drawbacks according to Denver Public S ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church vows to picket funeral of Kenny McKinley, Bronco who took own life

Kenny McKinley.​The insane homophobes at Westboro Baptist Church are branching out beyond protesting against Jews and celebrating the deaths of American soldiers. Now, they're promising to picket the funeral of Kenny McKinley, the Broncos receiver who committed suicide earlier this week. And w ... More >>

Corporal Larry D. Harris to be honored by Bill Ritter, dishonored by Westboro Baptist Church

Corporal Larry D. Harris and wife Stacia.​The extraordinary life and tragic death of Corporal Larry D. Harris, a Colorado Marine killed in Afghanistan, will be marked across the state tomorrow: Governor Bill Ritter has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to mark his passing. Meanwhile, the ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church protest in Fort Collins countered by somersaults, Thai food

A WBC bigot in FC.​Last week, we told you about plans to counter a threatened Fort Collins demonstration on Friday by the vile Westboro Baptist Church with silence. In addition, counter-protesters also waved signs and spread a message of acceptance -- and then afterward, they celebrated with s ... 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 >>

Reader poll: What will God hate next?

​Yesterday, we brought you a hilarious press release from the Westboro Baptist Church, Kansas' most comical hate group, condemning flag day. Because God, evidently, really dislikes flags. Besides the Old Glory, God evidently also hates a variety of random things, like football, pop music, Cath ... 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's Lady Gaga cover and ten other weird religious pop culture parodies

There is no short supply of the insane stories surrounding Westboro Baptist Church (due back in Denver supposedly in time for Pride Fest in a few weeks). In fact, it's nearly impossible to find a story about this organization that sounds like it remotely could be coming from this reality. Look: ... 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 >>

Seven-year-old boy pretty sure God hates Jews

​See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. The traveling hate circus of Westboro Baptist Church swung through Capitol Hill on its current Denver-Boulder Tour of Brightly Covered Disparagement, unloading its Kia full of signs outside the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News. It was prett ... More >>

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

Westboro Baptist Church's latest target: Late Aurora soldier Sean Durkin

Courtesy of Fort CarsonSgt. Sean Durkin: Hasn't his family suffered enough?​The virulent homophobes (and anti-semites) of Westboro Baptist Church will supposedly begin protesting at various locations around our area on Thursday -- if they actually turn up, that is. They were no-shows at a Boul ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church may hate Jews more than it hates gays -- and that's a lot!

I'm pretty sure the folks at the WBC would not appreciate the craftsmanship of my kippah.​Each week we spotlight one massive shmuck. This week: the Westboro Baptist Church. The hate-spewing goofballs from Westboro Baptist Church, long known for their enthusiastic protestation of all things ga ... More >>

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 >>

Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket funerals of Boulder plane crash victims

A rainbow purse leads to a plane crash? Really? (Click to enlarge.)​When last we heard from the virulent homophobes at Westboro Baptist Church, they were no-shows at a same-sex-marriage debate at CU that they'd earlier promised to picket. But that doesn't mean they've forgotten about Boulder. ... More >>

Reuben Bakker, Boulder plane crash survivors on the Today Show: Tough luck, Westboro Baptist Church

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Survivors of terrible accidents are often sought-after guests for network news shows -- especially when there's footage of the catastrophe they narrowly avoided. It's no surprise, then, that Reuben Bakker, the pilot of a glide ... 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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