Reply #8: I do also wonder where that money comes from.

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Although I doubt they have any sympathizers in Fundamentalist Christianity. Phelps has called Bush a "bloody war tyrant", and his supporters routinely desicrate the flag, that won't get you much support from most fundies here in America.

I dunno about your other point. I'm kindof a non-practicing Christian, and I absolutely fail to see how 40 wackos in Kansas represent me in any way shape or form. Now guys with real followings like Robertson and Falwell are a different story. I think a lot of it has to do with the emotional zeal of their folowers.

A lot of "eh, I guess I'm Christian" guys like myself are the moderates, who are favorable to gay marriage, and go to church twice a year. It would be tough for a moderate voice to rise to prominence when his supporters (like me) are lazy and apathetic.

The most emotionally involved and intense follow the Robertsons, hence the $$, power, and camera time they get.