http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/07/megan-phelps-roper-and-her-sister-grace-have-left-the-westboro-church Comments On: Megan Phelps-Roper, and Her Sister Grace, Have Left the Westboro Church by Megan Seling en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Aurora Erratic]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:09:18 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Biologist in the stix]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:15:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Canadian Nurse]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:08:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by kim in portland]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:14:56 -0800 The Stranger
@16: the two aren't mutually exclusive. If you read any of the bigger profiles of the clan, it's pretty clear that Fred Sr is a sociopath/narcissist along the same lines as Jim Jones or L. Ron Hubbard. He "believes" whatever bullshit he's spewing because he's his own god and savior: he also doesn't feel any particular need to abide by the same moral standard that he preaches, because consistency and introspection are for little people. (His type rarely do.) But plenty of the followers are true believers.
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Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:49:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:41:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by PaulBarwick]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:38:11 -0800 The Stranger
@8: If you've seen the Louis Theroux specials on the Phelps clan, you could see this coming and progressing. It's fascinating. Good for Megan, I hope she gets through this with as little baggage as she can.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:37:55 -0800 The Stranger
and from the stuff I have been reading, it is actually the 'relatively new' aspect of WBC with the increase in Shirley's involvement as Fred slipped back that they started actively targetting Jewish organizations and synagoges. THAT is the part that sent Megan out, not the kill the gays stuff. she ended up finding common ground with Jew she met on the internets that made her realize that the WBC is wrong.
Posted by Womyn2me]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:49:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:47:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:19:43 -0800 The Stranger
I wouldn't protest that funeral, but I'd make it a point to shit on his grave.
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:02:07 -0800 The Stranger In December, she went to a public library in Lawrence, Kansas. She was looking through books on philosophy and religion, and it struck her that people had devoted their entire lives to studying these questions of how to live and what is right and wrong. “The idea that only WBC had the right answer seemed crazy,” she says. “It just seemed impossible.”


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