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Shirley Phelps-Roper lost battle with male elders for control

Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was excommunicated from the Westboro Baptist Church after advocating a kinder approach between church members.

The excommunication occurred after the formation of a board of male elders in the church. The board had defeated Shirley Phelps-Roper, the church’s ( Read more... )

Phelps died late Wednesday night, according to his son

Fred Phelps Sr., the 84-year-old founder of noted hate group the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday night, according to his son.

Phelps inflicted a lot of pain and anguish on a lot of people. And despite reports that he was ex-communicated by his own children for advocating “kindness” ( Read more... )

TOPEKA, Kan. - Anti-gay extremist Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, is near death in a local hospice, according to a Facebook post Saturday night by his son Nathan Phelps.

( Destroyed by the monster he made. )

On Wednesday I received an early Christmas present from the Westboro Baptist Church. As you can see below, they tweeted an image of me with a "GODH8SF*GS" tattoo photoshopped on my neck and some mumbo-jumbo about Sodom and Gomorrah. (note-image is at the source-I'm not reposting it due to the anti-gay slurs it contains)Westboro and I have a special ( Read more... )

What happens when a little girl decides to set up a lemonade stand for peace outside the Westboro Baptist Church headquarters in Kansas? Members of the community step out in droves to show support, even as the hate group tries to quash it ( Read more... )

Megan Phelps-Roper, who pioneered the use of social media at the Westboro Baptist Church, and her sister Grace have left the church, like their older brother Nate did years ago.You may recall seeing Megan on Towleroad when we've posted her song parodies, set to Lady Gaga's "Telephone" and "Poker Face ( Read more... )

Westboro Baptist Church Gets Permit To Protest President Barack Obama Inauguration
The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski
Posted: 01/15/2013 4:58 pm EST

The Westboro Baptist Church has secured a permit to protest the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.A press release issued by the Westboro Baptist Church on Saturday revealed the ( Read more... )

Commentary - Updated | The hacking collective known as Anonymous renewed their war on the Westboro Baptist Church today. After the haters from the infamous church posted their intentions to picket the funerals of the twenty children killed in the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Anonymous responded by re-posting the personal and ( Read more... )

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( Trigger Warning for homophobia )