Most Hated Family In America Summary

The film, “The Most Hated Family in America,” was a very interesting and eye opening film about freedom of speech, interpretation, and consequences of life choices. Before watching this I had no idea that such a family even existed, but after watching it I am somewhat ashamed of what they are doing and feel very bad for the members of their family and the people surrounding them. Louis Theroux did a fantastic job on this documentary; I would not change a thing to his presentation of the Phelps family. His approach of staying and interacting with the family created an unspoken aspect of what the family is like and how they regularly act. By tagging along with them in everyday tasks and going to their protests with them it gives the viewers
To see people purposely hurting others and thinking that is acceptable is not kosher. I think they have taken the word of god to an extreme and over interpreted almost everything. I have heard that the bible says being a homosexual is a sin, but this is America, and people who feel the need to do such things have that right. If it is a sin, so be it, those people have the freedom to do whatever they feel with their lives. I would never join a group like this because of the damage they are doing not only to those people who are gay, or to the families of fallen soldiers, but to their own family. In the video it showed the CHILDREN picketing, they had no idea what it meant or why they were doing it. It also had footage of the 7 year old boy being hit with soda by onlookers. They are brainwashing their children and forcing them into this lifestyle before they can think for themselves. They are isolating them from being accepted into society, these poor children have no friends, and they have put their children in physical danger by making them do this, people hate them for doing so and will act on that hatred as they did in the video or