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Rightwing pundit says his “Fa***ts are Maggots” tour was “inspired by” Donald Trump
“Maggots consume the rancid flesh of rotting dead things. Fa***ts are no different” the Fred Phelps-wannabe said in a livestream.
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America’s most antigay preacher says Westboro Baptist is too hateful & should tone it down
He’s best known for saying that the victims of the Pulse shooting were “a bunch of disgusting perverts and pedophiles” and he wished more had died.
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Did Westboro Baptist founder Fred Phelps change his mind about LGBTQ people before he died?
And did the “God Hates Fags” preacher’s change of heart spur the church’s decision to ex-communicate?
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England may ban Franklin Graham from the country for his antigay hate speech
He’s expressed approval for Vladimir Putin’s violent crackdown on LGBT people and praises Trump every chance he can get.
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Should LGBT people try to restrict the speech of neo-Nazis & other deplorables?
As Audre Lord said, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”
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The vital lesson this story of fleeing the Westboro Baptist Church can teach you
The reason Fred Phelps’ granddaughter left the hateful church in which she was raised will surprise and inspire you.
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Fred Phelps’ hate seen by some as helping to advance gay rights
TOPEKA, Kan. — Fred Phelps Sr. led his small Topeka church for more than two decades in a bellicose crusade against gays and lesbians, saying they were worthy of death and openly declaring — often at military funerals — that the U.S. was doomed because of its tolerance of homosexuality.
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A requiem on the death of Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps is dead. Many will celebrate, and many will make comments about picketing his funeral in an eye-for-an-eye retaliation. I will not be among them. I do not respect Fred Phelps, nor do I forgive the pain he inflicted, but I value him. I value what he contributed to the struggle for LGBT equality. I am grateful that because of his presence, millions woke up to understand homophobia better and to confront it…
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Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps dead at 84
TOPEKA, Kan. — Anti-gay extremist Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, has died, according to his son, Timothy Phelps. He was 84.
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Westboro ‘elders’ ex-communicated Fred Phelps in church power struggle
The Westboro Baptist Church on Sunday responded to media inquiries regarding news reports that founder Fred Phelps was on his death bed, and that he was “ex-communicated” from the church last August.