"Thank God for Fred Phelps" | National Catholic Reporter

"Thank God for Fred Phelps" | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: He was an apt foil for liberalism, so there are rumors that his own son is picketing his funeral rather than participating.  Now that is just plain nuts.  Tea Party mania run amok.  The latest, of course is that there will be no funeral - which shows such an awful ignorance of early Christian practice regarding venerating martyrs (which we continue today) that one can only feel pathos.