Flag Ridiculed, Nutcase Arrested

In one of those periodic Skokie/David Irving moments, its hard not to side with the psychopathic "God Hates America/Fags/Sweden" preacher Fred Phelps, whose daughter Shirley was arrested for violating Nebraska's silly and inefficacious flag burning statute:

A member of the Kansas group that has drawn criticism for protesting at soldiers' funerals has been arrested for letting her 10-year-old son stomp on a U.S. flag during a demonstration. She promised Wednesday to challenge the state's flag desecration law in court.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, 49, will be charged with flag mutilation, disturbing the peace and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said Wednesday.

Flag mutilation? According to the Nebraska law, "A person commits the offense of mutilating a flag if such person intentionally casts contempt or ridicule upon a flag by mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon such flag." (emphasis added)

David Weigel blogged the Phelps Family Circus here. And be sure to watch Louis Theroux's brilliant, cringe-inducing documentary on the Phelps family, "The Most Hated Family in America," here.