yup....but maybe i will touch the 1st( freedom of speech) with the 2nd ( right to bear arms)and do the 5th ( right to remain silence)or maybe 1st, 2nd and drink a 5th ...still undecided....hope they dont come to my county or i would have to spend my bail money on some dumbA$$e$ that shouldnt even be in this great country of ours or even on the planet earth...but chris is right about being able to express there view just like the rest of them....maybe some cat fish stink bait water balloons would make them move along....i will write my congressman and email that site to them and everyone i know.....

Fred Phelps is an extremely disturbed individual who has been spreading his own special brand of hate for several years now.

There are some very interesting articles about him here:
http://cjonline.com/webindepth/phelps/specialsection.shtml

His own son tries to explain what it was like living with him (several of his children have "defected" from his "church," one of his daughters changed her last name to disassociate herself with the family):

"I also realize that my father is a very unstable person who is determined to hurt people. And because he is so bound to be hateful and hurtful, and because he's so untrustworthy, I believe it's a good idea to respond to him with caution much like the caution used when dealing with a rattlesnake or a mad dog. You see, the causes that he crusades for, including the Bible, are not the issue here. He simply wants to hate and to have a forum for his hate. If the causes he focuses on were the issue, that is, if they really meant something to him in his heart and he meant for the things he does to be for the good, his behavior would not be what it is. He would not betray his message with his behavior. But, when he needs to, to vent his hate, he readily goes outside the bounds of any previously stated 'value' or 'cause' he may have supported. He experiences no moral dilemma when it comes to doing what he wants to do. If it weren't the homosexuals, it would be something else."

Very interesting that the son's predictions have come true -- it's not enough for FP to hate gays, he now hates all of America.

This article explains why he is now protesting military funerals:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/228401_westboro14.html