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 Fred Phelps, the founder of Westboro Baptist Church, died Wednesday, according to a spokesman.
March 20th, 2014
05:06 PM ET
Westboro Church founder Fred Phelps dies(CNN) - Fred Phelps - the founding pastor of a Kansas church known for its virulently anti-gay protests at public events, including military funerals - has died, the church said Thursday. The 84-year-old died of natural causes at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to church spokesman Steve Drain. Phelps founded Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, in 1955 and molded it in his fire-and-brimstone image. Many members of the small congregation are related to Phelps through blood or marriage. In a statement Thursday, the church chided the "world-wide media" for "gleefully anticipating the death." FULL STORY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848SpsjdMyI
He is a blip in the past. Forgotten already, which is where he deserves to be. Like an unpleasant smell that causes momentary discomfort, clears when you open the window, and is forgotten.
Phelps was pure evil.
He was a con artist who craved attention and he got it by going against God.
Yes, he was the one who sinned.
To hell with him.
George Vreeland Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_F9nIps46w
Ding-dong, the witch is dead; which old witch? The wicked witch!
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead!
goodbye and good riddance. All the good he may have done in the past was far out weighed by the hate he spread in the now.
This planet is a much better place without him in it.
What a shameful life
Who?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0yXqU-w9U0
He inadvertently did more for gay rights than anyone else I've met. Thanks, Fred, for giving us something to unite together over and rally against??
Well said
LOVE your remark!
I wonder if anyone will organize a picket of his funeral the way he did to so many others?
I'm with Ken, it's better not to make this a big deal. Hopefully the hate he spawned in his so-called church will disappear with him.
"In a statement Thursday, the church chided the "world-wide media" for "gleefully anticipating the death."
So a church that celebrates dead soldiers complains that poeple are happy their founder died .....
I know! Somewhere, Alanis Morrisette is singing, "Isn't it ironic..."
From Monday's article:
“Fred Phelps has health issues,” the church said in a statement Sunday, “but the idea that someone would suggest that he is near death, is not only highly speculative, but foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God.”
Foolish was denying it. But this church and its family have been in denial for years, so....
Health issues weren't his only issues, but I'm sure his church doesn't realize that...
Personally, i'd rather his death go unremarked.
Goodbye.