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Megan Phelps-Roper was born on January 31, 1986, [3] and is the eldest daughter of Shirley Phelps-Roper and Brent Roper. [ 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 ...
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Zach Phelps-Roper is the grandson of Fred Phelps and the fourth sibling of the Phelps-Roper family to leave WBC (besides Megan and Grace mentioned below, brothers Joshua and Noah have also left). After attempting to leave the organization five times previously, he finally left in 2014 after his views began to change.
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Both O'Donovan and Mangan accused the documentary of veering into exploitation. O'Donovan wrote, "Theroux went wrong, withholding some potentially distressing news from (Megan Phelps-Roper) until a moment of maximum emotional impact, and lingering long on her shocked and tearful reaction." Mangan agreed, saying "It is profoundly uncomfortable ...
Interviewer Megan Phelps-Roper says podcast was ‘never intended to vindicate’ author over her remarks about the transgender community
[136] In an interview with NPR, Megan Phelps-Roper said this outburst was "the proximate cause" of Phelps being excommunicated, [137] a claim that the church has denied. [138] According to Phelps' grandson and former church member Zach Phelps-Roper, Phelps' actions were regarded as "rank blasphemy" by the church members. [139] [140]
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