Michael Phelps

Thanks to the Michael Phelps-Ryan Lochte rivalry, the 200 Individual Medley is one of the most watched competitive swimming events in the world (Park np). This race combines all four strokes and tests both the skill and the guts of a competitor. The IM is comprised of speed and endurance. To fully understand the complexity of this race, personal experience is required. Although some will never attempt the IM, a complete description allows spectators a more in-depth comprehension as well.…

equal opportunity to Michael Phelps, Kerri Strug, and Serena Williams to achieve success in the personal live allowed them to leave their mark on history, with hard work, determination, and initiative. Michael Phelps had a rough childhood. At the age of seven he was diagnosed with ADHD. Phelps recalls this life event by saying, “ADHD was hard for me but I quickly overcame it. But it aided me in skills I use to this day” (Phelps 210). All Throughout his younger years Phelps often had issues with…

The play The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project describes the situation of twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard. Matthew was known to be homosexual and found himself in a life or death situation when he was attacked by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney. Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and passed away after being comatose for five days. The perpetrators were arrested for a number of things including kidnapping and first degree murder.…

Westboro Church has formed into a hate group more than a religion. The church was founded by Fred Phelps. The church started off as a normal southern baptist church back when it was founded in the 1950’s. But as time went on Fred preached his beliefs to his small group of his parishioners. Fred Phelps forced his own incite onto God’s message. The Westboro Baptist Church only knew God’s word the way Phelps taught it. Starting in the late 90’s the church began to picket numerous public events…

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…

Fred Phelps and six of his relatives belonging to the Westboro Baptist Church traveled to Maryland to specifically picket Marine Lance Corporals funeral services to communicate their beliefs that God hates the United States in reference to the military, the Catholic Church, and homosexuality. The church group picketed 30 minutes before the funeral within 1000 feet of the funeral service on public lands in compliance with local authorities [1]. In Snyder v. Phelps, 09-751 S. Ct. 1 (2011), the…

reality there is less than 100 members, primarily members of Fred Phelps family. Fred Phelps has a history of abuse, lending to the fact that four of his 13 children cut all ties with the family. The Westboro Baptist church was originally a branch of the East Side Baptist Church of Topeka opened in 1955. Fred Phelps was promoted to be the pastor of the new extension, but after Westboro Baptist church was established Fred Phelps became unaffiliated with the East Side Baptist church. To this…

citizens, but even though it is a right in the first amendment many people take it for granted and some take it too far. The Phelps family are of those who took their right of freedom of speech and used it in a negative way. The Phelps family are the founders of the Westboro Baptist church, yet their practice of religion has nothing in relation to common Baptist churches. The Phelps family practice a rather negative form of protesting with signs that state “God hates fags” and “Thank God for…

The Laramie Project, written by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project, offers a commentary on homosexuality and living as a minority in the United States. As a gay man, Matthew Shepard represents a small minority in the overwhelmingly conservative town of Laramie, Wyoming. In Laramie, the population is largely straight and 89.39% Caucasian. These demographics represent one of the most reserved political views of rural republicanism. Rural republicans are largely…

Albert Snyder, father of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, filed a lawsuit against Westboro Baptist Church. This is because Westboro Baptist Church is liable for picketing the Maryland funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder on March of 2006. The Westboro protesters held signs with messages like “You’re Going to Hell”, “Thank God for Dead Soldiers”, and “Thank God for IEDs”. The Westboro Baptist Church believes the country’s values are wrong for allowing homoseuality and having soldiers protect a…