To: DMaA who wrote (356840 ) 3/31/2010 4:55:07 PM From: Brumar89 1 Recommendation Respond to of 793864 Re Phelps - I think him, his "church", really just his own extended family are just stooges for the ACLU. My own little conspiracy theory. I note the ACLU regularly defends him: ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops ...ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops ... The church and the Rev. Fred Phelps say God is allowing troops ... they got in our way, that we would sue them," said Phelps's ... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200643.html · Cached pageACLU Defends Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist ...07/24/2006 ACLU Defends Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist. Saying that a new Missouri law which bans picketing in front of funerals "tries to limit protesters' free speech based on ... www.towleroad.com/2006/07/aclu_defends_fr.html · Cached pageBLACKFIVE: ACLU Defends Fred Phelps and Military ...« The IAVA - Not Partisan? | Main | Peace Rally video » ACLU Defends Fred Phelps and Military Funeral Protestors Posted By Blackfive. Stop the ACLU has the story along with ... www.blackfive.net/main/2006/03/aclu_defends_fr.html · Cached page Intersting Phelp's a Democrat - per wikipedia: Democratic Party Phelps has run in various Kansas Democratic Party primaries five times, but has never won. These included races for governor in 1990, 1994, and 1998, receiving about 15 percent of the vote in 1998.[57] In the 1992 Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate, Phelps received 31 percent of the vote.[58] Phelps ran for mayor of Topeka in 1993[59] and 1997.[60] Support for Al Gore Phelps supported Al Gore in the 1988 Democratic Party primary election.[61] In his 1984 Senate race, Gore opposed a "gay bill of rights" and stated that homosexuality was not something that "society should affirm".[62] Phelps has stated that he supported Gore because of these earlier comments.[63] According to Phelps, members of the Westboro Baptist Church helped run Gore's 1988 campaign in Kansas. Phelps' son, Fred Phelps Jr., hosted a Gore fundraiser at his home in Topeka and was a Gore delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.[15] Gore spokesman Dag Vega declined to comment, saying "We are not dignifying those stories with a response."[64]