I love the guy - you've got to have some balls to go hang out with a bunch of neo-Nazis, then follow it up by spending almost a month with the Phelps family. It helps that he's white and straight, but still. Damn. Though he is awesome, this might be the understatement of the century: "I think that the pastor is not a very nice person."

Really? You think? Not a very nice person? What ever makes you think that?

They live on hate.  Hate is their life.

AUSSIE COMEDIANS FLIRTING WITH FRED PHELPS This is really funny. I recommend you guys check it out. The look on that Fred Phelps face is priceless. I don't get how people that hateful and disgusting are allowed to preach in America. Seriously, looks like Fred Phelps and his ilk just want attention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cN2pB3MCE It's on youtube-it's called "Flirting with a westboro church man."

I loved watching this!!! Especially when that other member (who used to do documentaries) started sprouting on about Jews and stuff, Louis just hit back with "Newsflash: Jesus WAS a Jew". But Louis is correct: that Gramps definately was picking bits out of the bible and twisting it. And what was with the "interview" with gramps "you have wasted an opportunity to ask me questions" ---> Christ, all he wanted to know was how many children you have!! But you have got to admit, when they had to give an answer they have a way of taking the LONG way round to answer it... That phelps member that was asked about questions regarding boyfriends kept smiling in such a fake way...i swear she was about to cry...she liked to answer the questions with a question of her own...

I watched Louis' program with my wife in England and we were deeply deeply disturbed by what we saw. Louis did a fairly admirable job by staying as objective and reasoned as possible. We tried to see the good the Phelps were doing and if you dug deep enough there was a little. Their reasoning that to adhere absolutely to Gods teachings enables you to enter the kingdom of heaven is the way to live your life - for most Christians is what we all believe. But what they have blindly followed is that you must adhere to the teachings that they read into the Bible. In one way I suppose all Christians do that but we are not so prejudiced and blinkered to think that you will split hell or be sent to eternal damnation if you make mistakes and are prepared to seek forgiveness. Also surely the 10 commandments are the principles that the Christian world & most others are directed to adhere to. My family are not part of their church, we follow the 10 commandments and we bring our children up to respect their Church of England religion, the law of the land and other people no matter what their religion, race or creed. Tolerance is something which the Phelps seem to lack except when dealing with their youngest siblings. We felt very sorry for the youngest members of their family who will be forced to grow up with this bigotry and who will eventually be made to believe this is the correct way. We felt even more sorry for the 20 year old daughters who don't have time for relationships or enjoyment. Ever so sad when you realise their mother has had her fun and 11 children later seems to be more than jaded with such things. Who can be surprised? She seems most hypocritical. The most disturbing point to the whole program though was the way is which they showed two sides to their personalities. The first - fairly normal feeling caring people - the second an immediate and quite frightening switch of mood to extreme paranoia and a deep hatred for anything they didn't know or understand. People need to realise that groups of people like this are usually controlled and led by one person and their Gramps is the angry, twisted and prejudiced man, who has throughout his life sought to control and has succeeded to the very greater part, only because most of the devotees are family. I sincerely hope when he passes on soon that his daughter does not take his place and that they realise the only good they are doing appears to be damage to themselves. I hope God forgives them - I have a feeling he will forgive them but society probably will not. It will likely take several generations for them to lose this evil streak they possess. They need to see some of the world and not just the USA. Billions of people can't be wrong and just 72 right. If that was so, God would not be doing his job very well! We wish them the best and hope one day they realise that life is not as black and white as they percieve and that your life can be so enriched if you are just prepared to give a little bit. Joe - Weston-super-Mare England

OK, I think I've seen enough to figure out what the Phelps believe, but what do the Phelps (and God) want? How do we get God 100% on the side of the USA again? If Americans kill all homosexuals in all our 50 states, will no more soldiers die in Iraq? Is that the Phelps's solution? I sort of think that MUST be what the Phelps's want to be done, but why don't they just come out and say it? They don't seem to be afraid to say anything else.

OK, I think I've seen enough to figure out what the Phelps believe, but what do the Phelps (and God) want? How do we get God 100% on the side of the USA again? If Americans kill all homosexuals in all our 50 states, will no more soldiers die in Iraq? Is that the Phelps's solution? I sort of think that MUST be what the Phelps's want to be done, but why don't they just come out and say it? They don't seem to be afraid to say anything else.