(POP NEWS) Class Act; Gagging' Denial; Protest; Manscape; Losing; Condiments; Targeted; More Drama; Profiled; Excuses; Get it Out; Mis-Quoted; Running to Altar; No Way; Over; Noxeema!

• CLASS ACT: Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87! 

• GAGGING: Westboro Baptist to Picket 'Fag Enabler' Roger Ebert's Funeral!

• DENIAL: After Son's Suicide, Rick Warren 'Overwhelmed' by Support! 

• PROTEST: More Than 3,000 Signed Up for Gay Protest of Putin in Amsterdam as Rainbow Flags Fly at Half Mast! 

• MANSCAPE: Hamas Cops Grabbing Young Men, Shaving Their Head! 

• LOSING: Opponents of Marriage Equality Lose Challenge to Ballot Initiative Language in Oregon! 

• NO REGRETS: Brendon Ayanbadejo Talks About Leaving the Ravens and Reports of Gay NFL Players Coming Out:!

(POP NEWS) CHAPELS; LEGAL;TRANS;SIDE SHOW;FAIR; COLORED; XTREME; PULL OUT; BIG BOYS; STOPPED; DYNASTY; FUR; OVER; ENDOWED; GRINN!

• CHAPELS: Lawmaker Begins Long Process to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in Nevada!

• LEGAL: Santa Fe Mayor Says Gay Marriage Legal in New Mexico! 

TRANS-LATION: Arizona Bill Would Restrict Bathrooms by Birth Gender!

• SIDE-SHOW: Gay Teen Stoned to Death in Somalia as Village Watched! 

• FAIR: Bergoglio Backed Gay Civil Unions! 

• COLORED: Westboro's New View: Neighbor's Rainbow House!

(POP NEWS) Karma; Unopposed; Fashion; Reality; Bad Penny; Huge Loss; Trekkie; Ordered; The Voice; PC; Animal; Re-veal!

• KARMA: Santa Monica High School Outprotests Westboro Baptist Church THEN Reporter Destroys them!

• UNOPPOSED: Cardinal O'Brien's Resignation Great for Gay Marriage in UK with No Credible Catholic Leader to Oppose It!

• FASHION BACKWARD: No More Red Shoes for Pope Benedict!

• REALITY: US Can't Help Gay Binational Couples Because of DOMA!

• BAD PENNY: NY Gay Couples at the Start of a Divorce Boom!

• HUGE LOSS: Server Who Died in Restaurant Explosion in Kansas City Last Week was Lesbian Activist, Counselor! 

(POP NEWS) Bite Me; Smart Move; Numb; Day Off; USA; Wasted; Whore Alert; Bad Hair!

• BITE ME: Brendon Ayanbadejo wants professional sports to be ready for openly gay teammates!

• SMART MOVE: Two Phelps Children Defect from Westboro Baptist Church!

• NUMB: Vonn will Be Back in Time for Olympics!

• DAY OFF: No Saturday Mail?

• USA AIR: American, US Air Close In on Merger!

• WASTED: Big Boozing Puts Marriage on the Rocks!

• WHORE ALERT:  No Breasts, Butts, or Privates at the Grammys!

• BAD HAIR: Quest to Squash Beyonce Photos a Hilarious Failure!

(POP NEWS) Stop; Manti's Man; United; Karma; Back Track; Tricep; Warped; Kris; Crap; Denial; Duh!

• STOP: Bullied Gay Teen Hangs Himself in Oregon Schoolyard!

1. MANTI's MAN: Manti Te'o Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo to Dr. Phil: I'm Gay, Confused!

• UNITED: Westboro Baptist Church Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Prop 8 Case; Will Join NOM at Rally in March!

• KARMA: Gay Marriage Foes Deep in Debt, Struggling to Meet Supreme Court Costs!

• BACK TRACK: Chick-Fil-A No Longer Funds Most Controversial Groups!

(POP NEWS) Gay Milestone; Mixed Bag; Annoyed; Bronzed; Bitch Alert; Censored; Campy; Gaga; Brave; Gen Gap; Gorgeous!

• MILESTONE: Obama Gives 'Most Liberal' Speech Ever!

• MIXED BAG: Stars, Westboro, and Scalia's Weird Hat!

• ANNOYED: Michelle Obama Eyerolls John Boehner!

• BRONZED: The MLK Memorial Isn't So Bad!

• BITCH ALERT: Jill Kelley on Those Threatening Emails From Broadwell!

• CENSORED: Georgia Sued for Banning 'GAYGUY' Vanity Plate!

• CAMPY: Pics Show POWs Performing in Nazi Camp!

• NOT TRUE: Library Moves Armstrong Books ... to Fiction Section!

(POP NEWS) Gregory in OZ; Sanction Westboro; Pier; Winslet; Normal; Bad Boy; Gaga's Truth; New Era!

• NOT FREE: Gregory Could Face Prison Term Over Magazine!

• SANCTION: Call Westboro a Hate Group!

• OFF THE PIER: UK Petition to US;  No, You Keep Piers Morgan!

• SOLID: Winslet Marries a 3rd Time!

• GOING NORMAL: Ryan Murphy is now a daddy!

• BAD BOY: Rihanna, Chris Brown Take It Public!

• HABIT: Whitney Houston Murdered Over Drug Debt?

• IN AND OUT: Lady Gaga, the Movie?

• NEW ERA: Big Changes for Spider-Man!

(POP NEWS) Hitting Westboro; Dimwit; Proposal; Dallas Leading; Meltdown; Cats; Hobbit; Marky Warp; Damon; Winehouse; Diva!

• ATTACK: Anonymous Hits Westboro for Threat to Protest Newtown!

• BRING IT ON: Feinstein Bringing Assault Weapon Ban to Senate!

• DIMWIT: Victoria Jackson Links Adam Lanza to Women Who Have Abortions!

• GESTURE: Marine Proposes to Partner at White House!

• LEADING: 'Dallas Morning News' Endorses Marriage Equality!

• MELTDOWN: 'Pathetic' Depardieu Quits France in Tax Rage!

(POP NEWS) Debate; Obama's taste; A-Rod; Westboro; BABS, Rob's Body!

• HIL-RAY: Debate's Real Winner: 'Binders Full of Women'!

• TASTE: Really? Obama Listens to Nicki Minaj?

• SINGLE: This Season's Super Bowl Halftime Show: Beyonce!

• PRETTY BOY: Benched A-Rod Was Flirting With Cute Fans!

• BANNED: IN California City, No Smoking in Your Condo!

• VICTORY: Court Lets Missouri Town Restrict Westboro Protests!

• BACKTALK: Chick-fil-A Says They Didn't Mean Gays When They Said 'Fruitcake'!

• MIRACLE: Ancient City Lined Up With Sun on King's Birthday!

• BOWED: Armstrong Resigns From Livestrong!

• HARMONY: Barbra Streisand's duet w/son Jason Gould!

• SHOW OFF: ABC News Talks to Rob Wilson, First Male 'Price is Right' Model!

(POP NEWS) Westboro Targets Sage; Boy scouts; Attack(s); Rotten; Hairy; Honor!

• DISGRACE: Westboro to Picket Sage Stallone's Funeral!

• HATE: Boy Scout Ban on Gays Stands!

• TARGETED: Tour de France Rider May Have Been Poisoned?

• ANIMAL: Triathlete Attacked by Crazed ... Otter!

• OUTRAGE: Rotten Tomatoes Kills Dark Knight Comments!

• HAIRY: A bearded Darren Criss talks “Glee” at Comic-Con!

• HONOR: Rafael Nadal receives Spain’s Olympic flag!

(POP NEWS): Bobbi Kristina get High; Whitney Rested; Westboro Exposed; Oscars too white? ;

STONED: Whitney's Daughter Got High After Funeral!

PEACE: Whitney Houston Laid to Rest!

FAKE: Westboro's PhotoShop Picket of Whitney Houston's Funeral Exposed!

COLORED: Oscar Voters 94% White!

HOT: Roger Federer wins first title of 2012!

 

 

 

HOME AWAY: Westboro Will Picket Joe Paterno's Funeral!

Joe Paterno's death caused, to put it mildly, mixed reactions: The Hollywood Reporter has a roundup, and it includes everything from George HW Bush's glowing remembrance of the Penn State coach to this zinger from a Late Show writer and producer: "Will there be a moment of silence for Joe Paterno, to honor his silence when he discovered children were being attacked?" But the most extreme reaction came, of course, from those paragons of understatement, the Westboro Baptist Church.

Pastor Fred Phelps' daughter, Margie, announced on Twitter yesterday that the church would picket Paterno's funeral, TMZ reports. "'Penn State Penn Rape' rings in Joe Paterno's ears in hell. He partook of sin for fame & fortune. Worth NOTHING to him now. #PicketFuneral," she tweeted. Another gem: "Stop pimping out your kids to raping coaches @CollegeFootball! WBC must picket Paterno funeral."

SCANDAL-OUS: 'Westboro Baptist Church' Protester CAUGHT Wearing a 'Glee' T-Shirt!

"She told us she didn't know anything about the shirt, but that her sister gave it to her when they headed out this morning" yeah, Right!

DISRESPECTFUL: Westboro Announces Steve Jobs Protest— Via iPhone!

Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket Steve Jobs' funeral, but apparently God also hates irony: Leader Margie Phelps announced the protest via a Twitter announcement made on an iPhone. "The irony here is almost unbelievable," notes Josh Wolford on Web Pro News. Jobs' sin? Phelps tweeted that he "had a huge platform; gave God no glory & taught sin." And just under her tweet is the clear statement, "via Twitter for iPhone."

SLUT WALK: Westboro to Protest NYC Fashion Week!

The Westboro Baptist Church is turning its wrath on a new target: New York’s Fashion Week, apparently known to church members as the "Slutwalk extraordinaire." "The whole idea (of the) fashion industry is to make women look as whorish as possible and men look as effeminate as possible," said a rep for Westboro, which has announced plans to protest outside 

Lincoln Center's tents tomorrow. "All you are doing is teaching girls to be proud whores." His advice, via the New York Post: "Put some jeans on and fear God." (This strikes a blogger at the Stir as a bit ironic.) Lincoln Center plans to ramp up security over fears that "the fashion crowd could be upset or offended," an insider tells the Post. The fashionistas say they won’t let Westboro, known for its protests at military funerals, push them around. “I would probably attack them if they said anything to me,” says a style journalist. Plus, "if they’re looking homely, they won't fit in," zings a model. Westboro has quite the busy calendar this month: It plans to picket a Foo Fighters concert in Kansas City on Sept. 16, as well as Sunday's New York Jets-Dallas Cowboys game.

HATE SCHOOL: The FBI Invited Westboro Baptist Church to Train its Police Officers and Agents!

The FBI invited Westboro Baptist Church to two of its facilities to help train agents and police officers, NPR reports: ...the FBI recently invited leaders of the fundamentalist church to the Quantico Marine base in Virginia to talk to FBI agents as part of the bureau's counterterrorism training program. But after four sessions this spring, the FBI canceled the arrangement amid criticism from inside the bureau, while church leaders claimed that they had been misled.

Apparently officers needed training on the kind of hate  the WBC inspires: He said the program was designed to teach agents "how to stay measured when they are speaking with a witness or a suspect with whom they have a strong, visceral disagreement."

HATE for SALE: Pastor to Westboro: Have a Donut While Picketing Us!

After learning that Westboro was planning on picketing his megachurch Sunday, Pastor Mark Driscoll decided to fight fire with ... donuts. Westboro wrote on its website that it decided to target the Seattle-area Mars Hill "to picket the false prophet and blind lemmings at Mars Hill Whore House where they teach the lies that God love [sic] everyone and Jesus died for the sins of all of mankind." So Driscoll also took to the web, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, writing a blog post titled, "Westboro Baptist Church, This False Prophet and His Blind Lemmings Welcome You to Our Whore House for God’s Grace and Free Donuts."

"If you make it," he writes, "we'll give you free copies of my book, Doctrine, so you can learn what the Bible says about who God actually is, and we'll also provide fresh donuts and free coffee, along with smiles and chuckles." Driscoll, however, wouldn't be around to hand out the goodies. "This false prophet will be at his son's baseball tournament, enjoying time with his wife and five kids. Happy Father's Day!"

In other news, Westboro Never SHOWED to the Seattle Pride Picnic!

It's WAR: Westboro Protested by ... the KKK?

Not a surprise: Westboro Baptist Church was doing its thing yesterday, protesting at Arlington National Cemetery hours before President Obama’s Memorial Day observances at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Somewhat more of a surprise: Members of the controversial church were met by a counter-protest … by purported members of the Ku Klux Klan. The Knights of the Southern Cross held a POW-MIA banner and handed out American flags, CNN reports.

"It's the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech," says the self-described "Imperial Wizard" of the KKK group he says he formed. But the WBC was not impressed: Founder Fred Phelps’ daughter Abigail says, "They have no moral authority on anything. People like them say it's white power ... white supremacy. The Bible doesn't say anywhere that it's an abomination to be born of a certain gender or race."

VICTORY: Illinois Senate Approves Anti-Westboro Bill!

Westboro Baptist Church could soon find itself foiled in Illinois. The state Senate passed a measure yesterday that broadens the protection granted to funerals, requiring any protesters to remain at least 300 feet away from the site rather than the currently required 200 feet. The original House bill, proposed by a sociology class at Northern Illinois University, required a 1,000-foot limit.


The House must accept or reject the revised Senate version of the bill; if it is accepted, it will go to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. As lieutenant governor in 2006, Quinn spearheaded an attempt to restrict funeral protests, the Springfield Journal-Register notes. The Illinois branch of the ACLU opposes the measure, with a senior attorney noting that “the First Amendment protects the right to engage in speech in public places that is directed towards whatever audience the speaker chooses,” even if that includes “horrible, offensive messages.”

Westboro Baptist Church Mocks 'NoH8 Campaign' with 'GodH8s' Sick Web Video!

WARNING: Quite Offensive!