If Shirley Phelps-Roper has the right to free speech and the right to do as she pleases.  THEN SO DO THE REST OF THE WORLD!  All gays, blacks, KKK members, everybody and everyone in it has that EXACT SAME RIGHT.  She is a sleazy shriveled ugly looking woman that spews hate for all of fellow man except herself, because she’s so perfect and a wonderful creature who contributes amazing poetic lyrics towards humanity because she disagrees with all that are not like her.  That’s fine.  And it’s fine for all of us to be who we want to be.  This is not Shirley Phelps-Roper’s world, population 1.  She’s the way she is because it was taught by her Father and she’s teaching it to her kids and so forth, eventually the hideous cycle will stop, because one of them will get smart.

there has to be something in the bible about inbreeding???!!!

If you are going to have things like freedom of religion and freedom of speech, that means there are going to be people that say things you don’t agree with and believe in things you don’t follow. Along with those freedoms is the freedom to ignore idiots. You can say what you want, nobody has to listen. I find the beliefs of this “church” atrocious, but the fact of the matter is they have the right to have these beliefs and the right to vocalize them. The problem I have is that this is one of many cases where people use their freedom with a total disregard of tact and respect. The good news is they could be stopped with a simple city ordinance if one were put into place. The thing about Constitutional freedoms is that they are freedoms as it pertains to the law. For example we have freedom of speech but we can’t run into a crowded theater and yell “Fire!” If a law were put into effect that protests could not be held within, for example, 5,000 feet of a funeral, funeral procession, or cemetary, that would put a stop to them. At the very least an ordinance like that might make it where it wasn’t worth their effort. Finally, they’ll all see who burns in hell when their time comes.

To the woman below and all other insane people…

If Sherley is allowed to do what she wants… so do gay people…:]

People need to realise that there is no god and live in the real world

Sherley Phelps is insane

once again i will say this you all are stupid and need to quit this ok she is standing up for what she thinks is right ok and you cant blame someone for that. just leave her alone she has the right of speech as you all know the first amendment. So let her be and you all are the ones who are idots and ignorant and insane!

Banderas nailed it…this woman’s father (the infamous Fred Phelps), her, and others of his followers are indeed an abomination because they have tarnished the name of God by spouting their invective in His name. Since when is hatred a Christian principle?

The Phelps klan is a nasty cult and their kids should be handed over to children’s services.

But it’s obvious what Fox News is trying to do here. Even the most reactionary news service is going to seem a centrist compared to Phelps. It’s a bit like hanging out in special ed and proclaiming yourself a genius.

Let’s concentrate on the real threats, the Dobsons, Delays, Tony Perkins, Falwells and the George W. Bushs and leave Fred Phelps and his brood for local mental health professionals.

The woman is just out-and-out insane. If she wasn’t so horrible, you could almost feel sorry for her.

That’s a woman?!?!?

She just hates gays because they get more men than she does…

Whack job.

This demented hag is a caracature, not a person.  That whole family makes one wonder why they cannot be arrested and imprisoned or shot.  Ann Coulter should join them because she fits their mold so well.  They seem like the demonized who need to be exorcized.  Who can conceive of anything more evil than to beg for Matthew Shepherd to burn in hell?  Or to attend funerals for fallen soldiers and scream out their anti-gay slogans which have nothing to do with the soldier.  They cause so much pain to the families with their hate.  Surely there is some way to stop them.  Free speech was never intended for lunatic ravings like theirs.  Bravo for the reporter who shouted her down although she should not have been invited in the first place.

Thank God there are some people in “the media” whom recognize and call out the Ignorant and INSANE.