Without Fail
Without Fail
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How Megan Phelps-Roper Left the Westboro Baptist Church
58 minutes Posted Apr 20, 2020 at 3:15 am.
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As the granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, Megan Phelps-Roper was raised in a culture of hate. Her family was known for their hateful rhetoric and practice of picketing the funerals of gay people and soldiers. For more than 20 years, Megan didn't imagine a life outside the church—until she got a Twitter account.

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