Tag: Fred Phelps

Did Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps change his mind about LGBTQ people before he died? And did it get him ex-communicated by the church he founded? A new documentary raises the question and finds that the infamous hate group leader may have, indeed, grudgingly come to accept gay people after years of vulgar and disgusting protests. Phelps founded the Westboro church in Topeka, Kansas in 1955. Since at least 1991, Westboro has been actively involved in actions against gays. The...