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The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American, unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps.It is widely considered a hate group, [nb 1] and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".
The group has protested a number of high-profile events such as the funerals of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the West Nickel Mines School shooting. As well as protesting these high-profile events, WBC protests many local low-profile events, such as Kansas City Chiefs football games and live pop concerts. While the ...
[4] [5] Her grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the Westboro Baptist Church, a Christian sect based on the members' Calvinist interpretation of the bible and categorized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. [1] [2] Her parents taught her the doctrine of the Westboro Baptist Church sect from an early age. She grew up on a ...
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Supporters of a coalition of LGBTQ+ organizations, right, follow members of a group from Westboro Baptist Church, left, across the street from Roosevelt High School Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, Fresno.
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. (November 13, 1929 – March 19, 2014) was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas.
Lauren Drain was a member from 2001 until 2007, when she was excommunicated for questioning church doctrine and unauthorized contact with a Connecticut man seeking to learn more about the church. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Following her excommunication, she briefly lived on her own in Topeka, but was haunted by reminders of her banishment from the church and ...
By RYAN GORMAN America's most infamous anti-gay church has reluctantly made peace with a gay rights organization directly across the street. The rainbow-painted Equality House was set up 18 months ...