Well, the answer is complicated. Fred Phelps is dead. The founder of Westboro Baptist Church, the litigious head of this hateful community, will soon be in the ground, and the media consensus is to be joyful and happy for the
On Thursday, the world learned that Fred Phelps, founding pastor of the small but infamous Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, was dead. The news unleashed a firestorm of online chatter. In less than an hour after
based Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps made plenty of enemies over the last two decades for protesting at the funerals of gay people and soldiers to spread his church's fire-and-brimstone message. Phelps, 84, died Wednesday night after a stint in
While the 'God Hates' crusade that Phelps has been on has continued, last year Fred himself dropped away from the monster he created, was excommunicated and the public was prevented from interviewing or talking to Fred
Fred Phelps. Westboro Baptist Church Founder Dead. 3/20/2014 9:25 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF. breaking news I actually hope people don't picket Phelps' funeral. As hateful as he was to EVERYONE, I wish him the love and mercy he denied