Fred Phelps
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Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. 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 Kans
Phelps in 2002
Phelps in 1962
Phelps at his pulpit
Phelps picketing outside the Kansas State Capitol
Megan Phelps-Roper
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Megan Phelps-Roper is an American political activist who was formerly a member of, and spokesperson for, the Westboro Baptist Church, a Hyper-Calvinist Christian sect, widely regarded as a hate group.
Fred Phelps
…the church does not "worship the dead". According to Nathan Phelps, Fred Phelps' body was immediately cremated, and according to his granddaughter Megan Phelps-Roper, Phelps' cremated remains were buried in an unmarked grave in Kansas. Phelps had been reportedly suffering from some form of dementia in his final year…
Phelps-Roper giving a TED Talk in January 2017 in New York City
Phelps-Roper was raised in the Westboro Baptist Church (church sign pictured).
When Phelps-Roper was a member of Westboro Baptist, she held signs like the ones seen in this photo.
Phelps-Roper appeared with her family on the Howard Stern Show, pictured here in 2004.