its actually west "BORO" and they are essentially people drive by a desire to get angry/upset reactions from people while being intellectually satisifed by backing it up with calvinist-Christian theology. I live in Kansas and went to Topeka to see Nate phelps speak (a son of the founder, Fred Phelps) he left the family/group when he was 18. He told a lot of stories about abuse and what a hateful man his father was. When fred dies..it will interesting to see what happens. He has a daughter who has been in the spotlot and a son who might take over. But teh weirdest member that has a shot at tkaing over is a guy named Steve Drain. He actually is a very bright guy and good with webdesigning/video production..thats why their websites are so spiffy. He actualyl joinedc a group after he was making a documentary about them. one of his daughters was recently kicked out of the group. in an abc interview he showed no sorrow about it and said he knew his daughter was going to hell. He is another candidate to run the church. A lot of other member have left recently, Louis theroex of the BBC has done 2 documentaries on them...one of which was done in 2011, he interviewed many member that left. Nate Phelps is working on a book about his experiences in the family as well. its a pretty messed up sitaution...but I think also serves as an example of what religion can do...remeber..MILLIONS of christians in America believe precisely what he does...they just don't go harrass greiving families..but they hold the same core beliefs..of believieng some are saved and other damned by god...including homosexuals.
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I do not like what they, But I defend their right to say, what they say. The first Amendment of the United States Constitution grants them the right.
I am from Topeka, so I literally would see them every day.
While they do have the right to protest (and they got all their money in a law suit in the 80's when someone prevented them from protesting), it is really sh*tty that the people who generally do the protesting are under the age of 15. They hold and average of 3 protests per day of something in the city of Topeka, so I have seen them many times. In front of my school. Across the street from my apartment. Twice a week on my way to work. Other random places. And it is always 3 or 4 mothers and a bunch of children. That is why Westboro Baptist Church is disgusting.
It just kills me to see an 8 year old girl holding a sign that says "God Hates You."
They're ignorant. Their interpretation of the bible and the world is embarrassing to me as a human being. But we have to be "PC" and let them protest soldiers' funerals and all that stuff because we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings now do we? Oh wait... Who's side are we on mr. Govt? It's sickening.
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They came and protested the Jewish center at my college either freshman or sophomore year. They were entertaining, to say the least. They were rambling about how the Jewish center was turning everyone into gay baby rapists. Not kidding. There was no logic.
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I LOVE the Phelps family and the way they expose religious hypocrisy.Not only theirs' but also that of similar churches , of course.
https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=50r0CnKq7_k&feature=relatedhttps://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=kWbKPFnh05g&feature=relatedhttps://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=S8cN2pB3MCE
Everyone ho sees them "at work" will (or should!) stop and think about how hypocrite this is.and
https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=0kkYq385fC8&feature=relatedThey are a fine example of what the First Amendment stands for.
Though I despise utterly what they say, they are free to say it.
That's how free speech should work. You say what ever you want to say. Then I get to decide if I want to spend any time with you, or give money to you, or give it to your rivals, or whatever.the are idiots, scarred idiots who express their fear with anger, the creepy thing is that their fear spreads across generations, like in the book to kill a mockingbird, we just got to sow the kids that there is a better way to deal with the world than to use and old book as a moral guideline to justify their crap
i recently watch a movie that reminded me of them I think it's called red state really scarryJust write them off as ignorant sh*t-disturbers and don't frequent websites or TV stations that talk about them. The less heed you pay them the sooner they'll disappear. The idea is for their cause to die out from sheer apathy.
I don't believe they should be aloud to do what they do. They harass and verbally abuse people. That's still violence. It has psychological affects whether it's physical or not. I'm glad they're banned from Canada :)
They have a right to do what they do, but I don't have to sit still for it; I have a right to get in their face about it. They probably deserve worse, but from me they'll at least get that much.
it's a disgrace to Christianity, as well as to America as a whole. Buy hey, freedom of speech...
They have every right to say the things they do, and I have every right to enthusiastically disagree. =]
When the world around them is only one of love, their hate will fall on deaf ears, inciting no reaction, and so crumble away.
Good, fine Christians like the rest of the people in the bible.
I don't like that they say they are Christians, we are supposed to be loving people the WBC is about hate. But they are free to protest even if it is distasteful
A friend of mines brother was KIA Iraq 2009, and I was a stand-in "Patriot Rider" and we basically protected the family from them. At one point guns were drawn to keep them away from the funeral.
They're the result of what happens when one has sex with a sibling.
They were all dropped on their heads as babies. There's something wrong with them
I am so sick of churches and religion in general.
I agree they should all be shot.
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Deranged scumbags.
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