On November 27th, 1955, a small church in Topeka, Kansas, held its first service. Those in the congregation had no idea that pastor Fred Waldron Phelps would become the leader of a notorious hate group. Westboro Baptist Church was not the place of love it seemed to be.
East Side Baptist Church in Topeka appointed Fred Phelps as their associate pastor in 1954. In 1955, they made him the head pastor of their new plant, Westboro Baptist. By 1956, Phelps had broken away from East Side Baptist (Gospel). Suddenly, Westboro was a church that did not conform to any religious denomination.
Things went quiet until 1964 when Fred opened his law firm, Phelps Chartered. In 1979, he was disbarred from state courts because he had, “...little care …show more content…
Dave Sirus, owner of the website godhatesbrickstone.com, has conducted interviews with Westboro under the persona of Brick Stone, a sleazy reporter that was created for Null and Void (Brick).
Critics have also flocked to the reviews section of google, poking fun of Westboro, and often referencing Jonestown, saying things like, “...the only drink was koolaid.” (Google). User Marcus Plaza used his review to post the entirety of the lyrics of YMCA (Google). A two star review from Randall Reed said “overall the customer service was pretty terrible, servers were rude and dismissing. the food was surprisingly quality though, I would recommend under better management and new wait staff.” (Google).
Examples of said consequences include the ban of WBC from Canada and the UK (globalnewscanada and listverse). As if this wasn't sign enough that they're doing things wrong, their website is blocked on our school firewall because it is categorised as violence. Is that a good sign? Honestly, is it?
Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group, plain and simple. The Southern Poverty Law Center has deemed it as such, as have many major news outlets. You can form your own opinions, yes, but the evidence has just been presented to you, and you'd be daft to ignore
East Side Baptist Church in Topeka appointed Fred Phelps as their associate pastor in 1954. In 1955, they made him the head pastor of their new plant, Westboro Baptist. By 1956, Phelps had broken away from East Side Baptist (Gospel). Suddenly, Westboro was a church that did not conform to any religious denomination.
Things went quiet until 1964 when Fred opened his law firm, Phelps Chartered. In 1979, he was disbarred from state courts because he had, “...little care …show more content…
Dave Sirus, owner of the website godhatesbrickstone.com, has conducted interviews with Westboro under the persona of Brick Stone, a sleazy reporter that was created for Null and Void (Brick).
Critics have also flocked to the reviews section of google, poking fun of Westboro, and often referencing Jonestown, saying things like, “...the only drink was koolaid.” (Google). User Marcus Plaza used his review to post the entirety of the lyrics of YMCA (Google). A two star review from Randall Reed said “overall the customer service was pretty terrible, servers were rude and dismissing. the food was surprisingly quality though, I would recommend under better management and new wait staff.” (Google).
Examples of said consequences include the ban of WBC from Canada and the UK (globalnewscanada and listverse). As if this wasn't sign enough that they're doing things wrong, their website is blocked on our school firewall because it is categorised as violence. Is that a good sign? Honestly, is it?
Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group, plain and simple. The Southern Poverty Law Center has deemed it as such, as have many major news outlets. You can form your own opinions, yes, but the evidence has just been presented to you, and you'd be daft to ignore