America's most hate-driven cult, the Westboro Baptists Church in Kansas is back in the news again. This time, it's because the granddaughter of Westboro's leader, Fred Phelps, Sr. came out publicly and declared that she ran away from the church four years ago and has been shunned by her church family ever since. You'll recall that the Westboro Baptists have been picketing military funerals for years now, waving their "God hates fags" and "God hates crippled soldiers" posters in a vicious attempt to rub salt into the wounds of grieving military families.
Westboro Baptist is a disgusting group of hate mongers who wouldn't know the Word of God if the Almighty appeared and spoke to them directly, but here in America we cherish our freedom of speech and freedom of religion, so putting up with the Westboro clowns, as loathsome as they are, is a price we all have to pay.
Libby Phelps Alvarez, the granddaughter of Phelps who escaped the evil cult, related in an appearance on the "Today" show that Westboro church members frequently prayed for people to die. Talk about sick!
I feel sorry that Ms. Alvarez is suffering from her inability to have any contact with her former family, but I'm happy she's free to lead a life of her own choosing. In the end, she'll be better off because of it.
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