"We can only wonder if the gradual reworking of the messaging might point to a day when outsiders think of the church's members not as irredeemable sociopaths, but as sectarian Christians already in conversation with the broader society."
Are you effing kidding me? If Westboro can mainstream itself it's time to look for a way off this island. (Of course, I've always said that I appreciate that Westboro exists. I think it's good for Christians to have a visible manifestation of where their tolerance of anti-queer bigotry couched as theology and religious freedom can lead.)
