BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?

[thesummerqueen]

College education is not necessarily indicative of common sense, and genius is not mutually exclusive of madness.

Let's not be too quick to dismiss the possibility that they all know better, that this is a racket. Not saying they do, just who knows.

A very good point, considering how long it's gone on.

[Rokcet Scientist]

College education is not necessarily indicative of common sense, and genius is not mutually exclusive of madness.

Let's not be too quick to dismiss the possibility that they all know better, that this is a racket. Not saying they do, just who knows.

A very good point, considering how long it's gone on.

Not good at all, pardon my French, if you consider that the dissident son doesn't talk about, mention, or even allude to it. That sort of kills that conspiracy avenue, doesn't it? No, they are genuine conditioned schizophrenics. Deluded hallucinating simpletons. Which results in the lunatic fundies we see.
But what do their public IRS records say?

[thesummerqueen]

I wasn't crying conspiracy at all but I find it hard to believe that everyone involved is that severely brainwashed. If some escaped, I'd bet others have entertained thoughts.

I did almost put a second sentence in there more towards your opinion...maybe I'm just naive in thinking the outside world couldn't have been so completely shunted away from them.

[Erinome]

Holy hell! Did you read this:

http://web.archive.org/web/2010081303185...istory.htm

During his career, Mr. Phelps handled numerous civil rights/discrimination cases. In addition to these matters, he was active in criminal defense, consumer protection, and employment discrimination matters.

Wow.

[thesummerqueen]

They made him money. Don't give him credit he doesn't deserve.

[Erinome]

Never would I do such a thing. I just found it insanely ironic.

[Rokcet Scientist]

Holy hell! Did you read this:

http://web.archive.org/web/2010081303185...istory.htm

During his career, Mr. Phelps handled numerous civil rights/discrimination cases. In addition to these matters, he was active in criminal defense, consumer protection, and employment discrimination matters.

Wow.

Twisting arms getting a building permit and community funding for his church' extension and for his son-in-law to build it is 'experience practicing law'? In the sixties?

[Rev. Rye]

College education is not necessarily indicative of common sense, and genius is not mutually exclusive of madness.

Let's not be too quick to dismiss the possibility that they all know better, that this is a racket. Not saying they do, just who knows.

A very good point, considering how long it's gone on.

Not good at all, pardon my French, if you consider that the dissident son doesn't talk about, mention, or even allude to it. That sort of kills that conspiracy avenue, doesn't it? No, they are genuine conditioned schizophrenics. Deluded hallucinating simpletons. Which results in the lunatic fundies we see.
But what do their public IRS records say?

As a NFP organization (what does it profit a group to spend $1/4 million a year to travel across the nation for 45-minute protests where they will almost universally be hated), they are technically tax-exempt.

[Rokcet Scientist]

As a NFP organization (what does it profit a group to spend $1/4 million a year to travel across the nation for 45-minute protests where they will almost universally be hated), they are technically tax-exempt.

OK, so they have no taxable income yet manage to live in normal houses and spend hundreds of thousands a year on their repugnant crusade. That's officially fishy, imo.

[Rev. Rye]

As a NFP organization (what does it profit a group to spend $1/4 million a year to travel across the nation for 45-minute protests where they will almost universally be hated), they are technically tax-exempt.

OK, so they have no taxable income yet manage to live in normal houses and spend hundreds of thousands a year on their repugnant crusade. That's officially fishy, imo.

Yes, well, technically, I've heard of some people trying something similar; people create their own church, they claim that they have a "vow of poverty" or summat to uphold, put all their money in the church and then have their money tax-exempt. I've even heard of some people using their ULC degrees to this effect, but they usually get caught. Somehow, either they have done something illegal for decades and, even after becoming public figures, never got an audit from the IRS, or they're technically doing something legal.