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Entries from SFist tagged with 'phelps'

June 18, 2008

We briefly touched on this yesterday, that someone at City Hall had a heart attack during the celebration cum protest. According to SF Weekly, local AIDS activist Michael Petrelis saw what went down. Apparently, a local troubadour -- who might or might not be named "Joni" or "Francis" or... something -- was singing a song of love to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon just before going into cardiac arrest: A few minutes after Joni......

Continue Reading "Update On Heart Attack Victim at Yesterday's Gay Marriage Melee"

June 17, 2008

We like the homeless, and we loathe talking too much shit about folks without homes because (arguably) it's like kicking a dog while it's down. Homeless people not only fill out the other end of the bell curve of living the capitalist lifestyle (thanks, guys!), but they're also the eyes and ears of this city when it comes to reporting crimes and seeing brutal things go down in neighborhoods where most of you would......

Continue Reading "Reason Why the Homeless Totally Rule"

June 17, 2008

Exciting stuff, folks. Here are some images recently taken late this afternoon at and around San Francisco City Hall as Mayor Gavin Newsom officiates Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin's marriage just inside. (Congratulations, ladies. Sob!) Needless to say, people are flipping their lids: Pastor Fred Phelps crew is there, gaggle upon gaggle of gays are all atwitter, and someone even has (reportedly) had a heart attack due to the extreme matrimonial merriment. Will update with......

Continue Reading "Photos: Gay Marriage Begins at SF City Hall, June 16"

June 16, 2008

Always up for a round of fair-and-balanced reporting, SFist had the wonderful opportunity this afternoon to speak with Pastor Fred Phelps from the Westboro Baptist Church and ask him a few questions regarding his thoughts on same-sex marriage in California, which is set to be legal today at 5:01 p.m. Phelps is set to hit the steps of City Hall in protest at the same time. "I don't think he should have defied the......

Continue Reading "SFist Interviews Pastor Fred Phelps, Gets His Take on Same-Sex Marriage"

June 16, 2008

Same-sex wedding sympathizers SF Weekly points out this ad many of you have seen around town as of late. They also point out that gay marriage in San Francisco = cash, serious coinage, and treasure chests full of diamonds, pearls, and rubies for each and every citizen! We couldn't be happier. Money is power, folks. And SF is about to feel loads of it splatter against its backside when scores of queers come here......

Continue Reading "There's Just No Way of Getting Around Gay Marriage Posts Today"

June 16, 2008

As we already mentioned, the tenacious and curmudgeon-y Fred Phelps will be over at City Hall this afternoon, doing some sort of performance art piece or something. Needless to say, we're very excited. What we didn't mention were the many people contacting SFist to let us know that we should not write about Phelps' fag fury. That somehow this will make him -- and more importantly, those who think like him -- go away.......

Continue Reading "Speaking of God Hating Fags..."

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