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Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)
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Fred Phelps
American pastor and activist (1929–2014)
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 Kansas. A divisive and controversial figure, he gained national attention for his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Westboro Baptist Church
American primitive baptist church and hate group
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps. It is widely considered a hate group and a cult, and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)