The Most Hated Family in America Page #3

Synopsis: Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
 
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2007
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It's a metaphor? Of course it is.

Idolatry, fornication,

all manner of sexual perversions

go hand in hand, Louis.

Idolatry, fornication,

go hand in hand, Louis.

This is callous defiance against God

Almighty. The Jews killed Christ.

You're gonna say

They killed Christ. News flash,

Brainiac, Christ WAS Jewish.

I'm telling you Christ was God.

They called for his crucifixion.

The Romans did it. The Jews did it.

It's a metaphor? Of course it is.

You see these wonderful signs,

"God Hates Fags, Temple Beth Sodom,

"Jew Fags, God Is USA's Terrorist"?

These are wonderful signs.

"Fag Troops"?

# America

# God showed his wrath to me

# He cursed this land

'That evening, Steve invited me to

drop in on a special taping of one

of the church's online sermons.'

Everything OK, Steve?

'Hinting that there might be

an opportunity to have my first

face-to-face with Pastor Phelps.'

an opportunity to have my first

Everything OK up there? Yeah, we

just wanted to make sure we got our

technical difficulties straightened.

just wanted to make sure we got our

Steve! Come on.

Where have you gone? Hello?

Where are you? Here.

All right... What is going on?

Yeah, yeah... Why don't you go ahead

and...? Hi, guys.

How do you do? I'm Louis.

Hi, Louis. From the BBC.

You must be Pastor Fred Phelps.

Yes. Glad to see you.

What is happening?

Pay close attention.

drop in on a special taping of one

Pay close attention.

Billy Graham,

Hell-bound false prophet.

I've known Billy more than 50 years

and Billy, you are headed straight

and irreversibly for Hell.

drop in on a special taping of one

Hell-bound false prophet.

You are a lying, money-grubbing,

Arminian heretic.

At 88, Graham will soon die

and split Hell wide open.

And Westboro Baptist Church

will picket your funeral.

Amen.

Thanks, Gramps. That was awesome.

OK, guys. What do you want?

You are basically the pastor of

the church and the pater familias

of the whole group.

Did you see that newspaper story

down at the bottom of the stairs?

No. Steve was gonna give us a tour

downstairs, then he was in a rush.

We've got a schedule to keep.

We're not here to cater to you.

We've got a schedule to keep.

You are basically the pastor of

many children do you have? Don't

bother me with silly questions.

This is a pretty big family. How

Get to some stuff that I'm

the only one that can answer.

Then we'll have a good interview

here. In fact, were we supposed

to have an interview?

Can we have an interview? Not now.

Not now? No, not now.

You were saying...how many children

Can we have an interview? Not now.

You already answered that question.

You were saying...how many children

Everybody in the civilised world

knows how many children I've got

You were saying...how many children

We've got a schedule to keep.

knows how many children I've got

and grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

Is he stalling for time? Shall we

go downstairs? Yeah. Thank you for

having us. Sure. Glad to see you.

You were saying...how many children

There's the article he mentioned,

Time magazine. Did that go OK? Yeah.

What was the big deal

about asking how many children?

He would've answered a sincere,

relevant, theological question.

That was a sincere question.

He would've answered a sincere,

Time magazine. Did that go OK? Yeah.

I wanted to hear what HE had

to say about it. You want us

to say it in a certain way?

I wanted to know how many

he would say... You have the guy

who has by far, head and shoulders,

more scriptural knowledge, knowledge

of the Bible, the moral realm

than anybody who has crawled

over this Earth and you ask him

a silly, dull question?

How many children do you have?

You're wasting your opportunity.

Where are we going?

To pick up the children.

'I sensed how impregnable

the church members' beliefs are.

'I wanted to understand how that

faith is instilled in the children.'

They go to normal schools? I'm

surprised they're not home-schooled.

There's two reasons for that.

The first one is

Secondly, these children need to be

in the faces of this community.

That is part of our testimony.

Do they preach at school at all?

No. Only their presence. Only like

they're walking picket signs.

They see these kids and think, "God

hates fags" or "America is doomed".

Do they have friends at school?

I don't know

if you'd call them friends.

They can bring them home?

You think these kids want to come

to our house? It's very nice.

Where would that go? Pretty quick

you'll get into the discussions.

But that's how I met my husband.

He hung out with my brother.

I'm saying that when

they come round, they're welcome.

Could they bring girlfriends

or boyfriends home?

I will not have my kids

or boyfriends home?

or doing activities that resemble

what this generation calls dating.

Fun. Fun?

Does that equal fornicating?

Not necessarily.

Well, what does it equal?

Holding hands? No.

Sending little notes to each other?

How are you, Gabriel? ..So you can

teach 'em how to fornicate later?

So they can learn early? You've got

fornication on the brain! That's

what this generation is all about.

So they can learn early? You've got

teach 'em how to fornicate later?

'One of the pickets that afternoon

was outside a hardware store

that sells Swedish vacuum cleaners.

was outside a hardware store

what this generation is all about.

was outside a hardware store

what this generation is all about.

'Apparently, Swedish authorities

imprisoned a local pastor for

preaching against homosexuality

imprisoned a local pastor for

preaching against homosexuality

'which was enough to make

the whole nation a target.

'I'd seen some of the youngest

members of the clan hold placards.

'I wondered how much

of the message they understood.'

How old are you, Shirley?

Seven. Seven.

Do you know

what the sign means? No.

No? Shirley,

she doesn't know what it means.

Fags, troops,

flags, symbols,

No. Only their presence. Only like

worships above God.

Does that help you at all

or have I said a lot of words

that were too big?

Maybe she's just making up numbers

because she doesn't really get it.

Noah, do you know

what fag troops are? Yeah. What?

It's this nation.

All these fags. It's a nation of

fags. That's what fag troops means.

It is a nation of fags, yes.

fags. That's what fag troops means.

Noah, do you know what else

you could be, besides a fag,

to be in trouble with God and be

included in that sign? What else?

Swedish?

Swedish and...

But if you're not a practising fag,

what are you?

But if you're not a practising fag,

What if you support fags?

But if you're not a practising fag,

But if you're not a practising fag,

You're a dyke?

You could say you're grooming him

into the weird behaviour that is

characteristic of your group.

You could explain

your moral outlook in a classroom.

Are you calling our service

to our God weird behaviour?

Your statement doesn't make it

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Louis Theroux

Louis Sebastian Theroux ( LOO-ee thə-ROO; born 20 May 1970) is a British documentary filmmaker and broadcaster. Theroux is best known for his documentary series, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met..., and his BBC Two specials. His career started in journalism and it bears the influences of notable writers in his family, such as his father Paul and his brother Marcel. The BBC has produced all of his documentaries and television series. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award for his work. more…

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