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Missouri court issues mixed ruling on funeral protests
Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps May Be Gay, Suggests Former Member Lauren Drain
Escaping Westboro
Former Westboro Baptist Church members open up at Jewlicious festival
'Banished' Lauren Drain on Growing Up in the Westboro Baptist Church
Woman banished from Westboro Baptist Church to publish memoir
Ex-Westboro Baptist Church member apologizes to Missouri soldier's parents
Escape from Westboro: Daughter who fled Baptist Church tells of brainwashing
'I had to pray for people to die': Woman who escaped 'hate cult' Westboro Baptist Church finds peace with new life full of freedom
Westboro Baptist Church losing members at a rate never seen before
Kansas hate preacher that plans funeral protests controls family compound
Former member of Westboro Baptist Church reveals why he left
Westboro Baptist Church protests Billy Graham, library
Life After the Westboro Baptist Church
Westboro church pastor's son to face off against dad's picketers at atheist rally
Westboro Baptist Church pretends to picket Whitney's funeral by posting Photoshopped picture of protest
Phelps son to support play about gay teens
Nate Phelps, the 'counterbalance' for the Westboro Baptist Church, speaks at MU
8th US Circuit of Appeals opinion strikes down Nebraska's restrictions on funeral pickets
Appeals court strikes down funeral protest ban
New laws putting limits on funeral protests
Westboro Baptist speakers spark change in FBI policy
Westboro church members protest Kiss
Westboro-FBI dialogue sparks change at agency
Ryan Newell, double-amputee war vet, pleads to lesser charge in Westboro Baptist Church stalking case
Hico man acquitted in Westboro Baptist spitting trial
Louis Theroux: Westboro Baptist Church revisited
Estranged son of anti-gay Westboro pastor says father does 'evil'
Subsidized Hate
Why the Supreme Court Ruled for Westboro
Judge Bars Enforcement of Funeral Protest Laws
High court: Does father's pain trump free speech?
Westboro prepares for its biggest stage
Scoops goes to Hell: An ex DJ gays out with Westboro Baptist Church
Westboro Baptist Church protests at Northwestern's Hillel
Judge overturns Nebraska ban on flag mutilation
'God Hates Fags': Q&A with Pastor Fred Phelps
Judge rules Mo. funeral protest ban unconstitutional
Nebraska town pays to have lawsuit dropped
After years of silence, Nate Phelps faces off with his anti-gay father
48 states support father's fight against Westboro Baptist Church
'Most-hated,' anti-gay preacher once fought for civil rights
6 Westboro Baptist protesters cost taxpayers $5,579
Phelps' estranged son tells of abuse, intimidation
Nate Phelps hopes to heal
How does hate group fund national protests?
Father must pay Westboro Baptist Church $16,500
Nate Phelps on growing up in 'the most hated family in America'
An interview with the Westboro Baptist Church
Personnel Profile: Nate Phelps
Megan Phelps Explains It All, Sort Of
Anti-gay Phelps clan loses challenge to Nebraska flag-desecration law
Father Will Take Appeal To Supreme Court
Dad, the Hateful Preacher
Funeral protesting Westboro Baptist wins on appeal
Sony Charges Westboro Baptist Church With Copyright Infringement
For now, pickets can march at funerals
Manhattan synagogue makes $10G off of Westboro Baptist Church protest
Hundreds rally against controversial preacher
Militant anti-gay church turns its sights on Jews
Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church Protests Gay Marriage Law
Gladstone repeals ordinance prohibiting picketing at funerals
US Church which calls for homosexuals to be killed banned from UK
Nebraska judge rejects Phelps' flag claim
Phelps' property damaged
Federal appeals court sides with Westboro Baptist
Westboro Baptist fire ruled arson
Court Backs Ohio Ban On Funeral Pickets
Westboro Baptist Church invades Toronto
Fire reported at Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church
Appeals court rules Westboro Baptist Church's truck isn't tax-exempt
Phelps family loses in court
Westboro church members have failed to post bonds
The Most Hated Family in America
'God Hates Fags' sect could lose their church
400 picket Westboro Baptist church
Kansas ban on funeral protests gets blocked
Westboro Baptist Church ordered to pay $5 million
Appeal in Westboro case declined
Federal judge wants detailed Phelps financial data
Judge halves amount of damages Westboro church must pay
$11 million verdict brings scrutiny of Phelps finances
Court unseals financial records of Westboro Baptist Church
To Marine's Father, Suit Is More Than Money
Anti-gay church to pay $11.7m over cheering at marine's funeral
Fallen soldier's family hopes lawsuit cripples fringe church
Kansas justices refuse to rule on funeral picketing law
Church fails to quash father's lawsuit
Funeral protester arrested for letting son step on flag
Court fines Westboro Baptist Church
The Most Hated Family in America
Inside world's most evil sect
Student Makes Documentary On Phelps' Church
Westboro Baptist Church ordered to pay summons cost
Religious Bigots Find a Home in the Kansas Prison Industry
Church faithful applaud film
The New Fred
Judge denies motion to dismiss defamation suit
Topeka mayor unfazed by church's reaction to e-mail alerts
Topeka council passes resolution critical of funeral pickets
A Gospel of Hate
Soldier's dad to sue church
ACLU sues to end curb on funeral protests
Bills would bar protests at military funerals
Kansas Church Won't Break Picketing Laws
Legislation makes protests at military funerals illegal
Soldier's widow is grateful
SBC president, chaplains denounce military funeral protests
Church to picket 'queer' proms
Protesters appear at service for Marine
Topeka has little love for hateful preacher
Anti-gay church known for its no-shows
Westboro Church Takes Issue With Protest Story
Gay rights ban fails in Topeka, Kansas
Swedish pastor disowns US hate site
Revival meeting changed Phelps' path
Pride and prejudice
Church blames gays for storm
Anti-gay church group plans picketing at Alabama churches
Lunatic Fringe Throngs Outside Solemn Ceremony
Two Phelpses arrested at Brown dedication
Supporters outnumber Kansas church anti-gay protest in Vegas
Fundamentalists come from Kansas to protest Araujo trial
City Council Considers Appeal From Fred Phelps' Church
Kansas Church Not Expected To
Picket Here This Weekend

Ministers decry 'hate' gospel
Baptist church website is attacking the ACLU
Gay rights at the heart of lively WU debate
Pastor seeks monument to gay 'abomination'
Controversial Preacher Who Teaches Anti-Homosexual Views Hawaii Bound
Preaching God's hate: 'The highest form of love'
The Gospel according to Fred
An overview of Phelps
A Message to Topeka from Fred Phelps
The Transformation of Fred Phelps
Life in a 'war zone'
Donations to veterans groups could
counteract Phelps rally

ADL report says homophobic 'church' espouses anti-semitism, racism
Phelps' story told by C-J
A letter from a son who left


Rev. Fred Phelps, Sr.




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