Ex-leader of Westboro Baptist reportedly on death bed
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That's okay. I respect your opinion. I do feel that if people do protest his funeral, then the "church" will use it as ammunition to increase their own protests and other vile acts.
I should add that if a funeral of my loved one was one of the ones hit with a Westboro protest, then I may have a different opinion.
Fred Phelps Sr., founder of U.S. church known for anti-gay protests, dies at 84
In this March 19, 2006 photo, the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. preaches at his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. Phelps, the founder of the Kansas church known for anti-gay protests and pickets at military funerals, died Thursday, March 20, 2014. He was 84. (AP / Charlie Riedel)
Read more: Fred Phelps Sr., founder of Westboro church known for anti-gay protests, dies at 84 | CTV News
Read more: Fred Phelps Sr., founder of Westboro church known for anti-gay protests, dies at 84 | CTV News
A 20cm x 1m sq. chunk of Canadian maple so people can dance on his grave and far too heavy for the remaining spineless cult members to remove.
If he managed to die at 80 of natural causes rather than a GSW years ago shows that the moral fortitude of those he attacked was far stronger than the message and years of effort he and his followers put into their hatred.
"Fred Phelps Sr., a fire-and-brimstone preacher whose anti-gay picketing at military funerals inflamed the nation and drew international scorn but was protected by the Supreme Court as an exercise in free speech, died March 19 at a hospice in Topeka, Kan. He was 84.
"The Topeka-based organization Rev. Phelps founded, Westboro Baptist Church, announced the death on its Web site but did not provide the cause. The message said he had 'Gone The Way of All Flesh.'
"Rev. Phelps was an ordained Baptist minister, a disbarred Kansas lawyer and, according to a BBC documentary, the patriarch of the 'most hated family in America.'
"The Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights group, described his Westboro congregation as a 'family-based cult' and 'arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America.'
"The expression of Rev. Phelps’s bigotry even managed to offend the conscience of the Ku Klux Klan, which staged protests to counter Westboro’s demonstrations at military funerals."
Fred Phelps Sr., leader of Westboro Baptist Church, dies at 84 - The Washington Post
"The Topeka-based organization Rev. Phelps founded, Westboro Baptist Church, announced the death on its Web site but did not provide the cause. The message said he had 'Gone The Way of All Flesh.'
"Rev. Phelps was an ordained Baptist minister, a disbarred Kansas lawyer and, according to a BBC documentary, the patriarch of the 'most hated family in America.'
"The Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights group, described his Westboro congregation as a 'family-based cult' and 'arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America.'
"The expression of Rev. Phelps’s bigotry even managed to offend the conscience of the Ku Klux Klan, which staged protests to counter Westboro’s demonstrations at military funerals."
Fred Phelps Sr., leader of Westboro Baptist Church, dies at 84 - The Washington Post
His final troll:
no funeral for the preacher who picketed so many
Fred Phelps: no funeral for the preacher who picketed so many - CSMonitor.com
no funeral for the preacher who picketed so many
Fred Phelps: no funeral for the preacher who picketed so many - CSMonitor.com
Actually they hope there will be protests to prove there are people as crazy as they are.
These people want ink lots and lots of ink and TV rerun space and radio time for their
twisted cause. Me thinks ignoring them is the very best policy. Besides if people do
protest and go to the funeral God might strike them with lighting in hopes of taking the
whole family out at once. After all lightning seems to be Gods version of a Drone.
These people want ink lots and lots of ink and TV rerun space and radio time for their
twisted cause. Me thinks ignoring them is the very best policy. Besides if people do
protest and go to the funeral God might strike them with lighting in hopes of taking the
whole family out at once. After all lightning seems to be Gods version of a Drone.
Estranged son of Fred Phelps Sr. to skip bigot’s funeral
By Bill Kaufmann ,Calgary Sun
First posted: Friday, March 21, 2014 12:51 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, March 21, 2014 12:56 AM EDT
The estranged son of North America’s most notorious bigot said he won’t leave his Calgary home for his father’s funeral.
Fred Phelps Sr., of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for its crude picketing at funerals of homosexuals, soldiers and shooting victims, died late Wednesday at 84.
His son Nathan, who fled the hate-filled rhetoric and his tightly controlled household at 18, said he’s not ready to honour his father by mourning him.
Estranged son of Fred Phelps Sr. to skip bigot’s funeral | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
By Bill Kaufmann ,Calgary Sun
First posted: Friday, March 21, 2014 12:51 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, March 21, 2014 12:56 AM EDT
The estranged son of North America’s most notorious bigot said he won’t leave his Calgary home for his father’s funeral.
Fred Phelps Sr., of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for its crude picketing at funerals of homosexuals, soldiers and shooting victims, died late Wednesday at 84.
His son Nathan, who fled the hate-filled rhetoric and his tightly controlled household at 18, said he’s not ready to honour his father by mourning him.
Estranged son of Fred Phelps Sr. to skip bigot’s funeral | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
"" ‘An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.’ ""
...........His granddaughter's words....good for you, gal.
She left the "church" years ago.
...........His granddaughter's words....good for you, gal.
She left the "church" years ago.
