![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Later, of course, Westboro made itself known far beyond one small Midwestern city, with members - including tiny children - brandishing signs saying things like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" at the funerals of service members, "God Sent the Shooter" at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and the infamous "God Hates Fags," a message so central to its mission that it became the address of the church's website. "I was surprised by how small and restrained some were compared to what came later," Phelps-Roper writes in her new memoir, Unfollow. The early signs were relatively benign in their wording. ![]() Megan Phelps-Roper was 5 years old when it began as a little girl, she stood with her parents and other family members - for that's what the church was at the time, one extended family - holding picket signs warning of gay people in the city's Gage Park. Many people in Topeka, Kan., first became aware of the Westboro Baptist Church in the early 1990s, when members began what would become their trademark public action: picketing to protest what they saw as the ills of an ungodly world. How?Įditor's note: This book review includes a homophobic slur. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Unfollow Subtitle A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Author Megan Phelps-roper ![]()
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