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  • Shirley Phelps-Roper calls out Florida preacher for plans to burn Quran ... 'cause she did it first

    09/09/2010 6:14:15 PM PDT · by earlJam · 52 replies
    Pitch News ^ | 9/9/10
    Shirley Phelps-Roper calls out Florida preacher for plans to burn Quran ... 'cause she did it first By Justin Kendall, Thu., Sep. 9 2010 @ 2:00PM Terry Jones has angered the Westboro Baptist Church.... Shirley Phelps-Roper is reportedly calling Jones a poseur. Fred Phelps' daughter told the Star that Westboro's was burning the Islamic religious text on a Washington, D.C., street back in 2008. "We did it a long time before this guy," Phelps-Roper told the Star... "They'll browbeat him and he'll back down at the last minute," she said. "He's an apologist. He doesn't serve God."
  • Mother cited for desecration of a flag at funeral protest

    06/05/2007 7:59:12 PM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 58 replies · 3,108+ views
    omoha.com ^ | 06/05/07 | JASON KUIPER
    A Kansas woman was arrested Tuesday after she had her 10-year-old son stomp on an American flag. Shirley L. Phelps-Roper, 49, of Topeka, was protesting at the Bellevue funeral of Spc. William Bailey with a group from Westboro Baptist Church. The church, founded by her father, has protested at the funerals of numerous soldiers. Bellevue Police Capt. Herb Evers said an officer saw a young boy stomping on an American flag. Phelps-Roper was then cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and desecration of a flag. Both are misdemeanors. She was released from Sarpy County Jail after posting...
  • The Conscience of Kansas radio program- Duane Dog Chapman, Westboro Baptist Church

    02/11/2010 1:25:44 PM PST · by 1pitech · 284+ views
    The Conscience of Kansas radio program ^ | 02-11-10 | Paul A. Ibbetson
    With my classic interview with Shirley Phelps Roper becoming part of documentary movie, We decided to share that classic interview as well as the interview with Duane Dog Chapman the "Bounty Hunter" from our archives of the Conscience of Kansas radio program with host Paul A. Ibbetson. We invite you to listen and comment on the show!
  • Judge orders lien on Westboro church

    04/04/2008 6:07:02 AM PDT · by BufordP · 154 replies · 1,077+ views
    BALTIMORE - A federal judge in Baltimore ordered Westboro Baptist Church members to post their church building and nearly $500,000 more in cash and property while appealing a judgment for protesting a Marine’s funeral. The Kansas church members had hoped to avoid posting a bond while delaying payments in the $5 million judgment a jury awarded Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder who died in Iraq. Westboro church members preach that God kills American soldiers as punishment for the country’s tolerance of homosexuality. They protested Matthew Snyder’s Westminster funeral in March 2006 by waving signs...
  • Legal Fights Highlight Church's Message (Flag Desecration Case Involing Westboro in Nebraska)

    11/02/2007 6:00:58 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 15 replies · 517+ views
    AP ^ | 11/2/07 | Timberly Ross
    ...The fiery message of the Westboro Baptist Church has led its followers into a fight for what they say are their First Amendment rights. After what would appear at first glance to be a setback in one court, the group heads to another one on charges that include flag mutilation-and members of the Topeka, Kan.-based church could not be happier. "Our message has exploded all over the world," a delighted Shirley Phelps-Roper said Thursday...... Phelps-Roper,50,is to appear in Sarpy County Court on Monday on charges of flag mutilation, negligent child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disturbing...
  • Nebraska town denies funeral protest request

    07/24/2007 3:00:10 PM PDT · by StarCMC · 16 replies · 806+ views
    BELLEVUE, Neb. — The Bellevue City Council won't let members of a Topeka church protest next week outside the funeral of a sailor killed in Iraq. Print Reply E-mail A Bellevue permit application form filed Monday with the city said a maximum 15 people affiliated with Westboro Baptist Church wanted to hold a "religious demonstration" on Monday morning near the Bellevue Christian Center. A funeral has been scheduled there for Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Chaney, 35, a 1990 graduate of Bellevue West High School. The Defense Department says he and another sailor were killed by a roadside bomb last...
  • Westboro Baptist church chased away from funeral for a soldier who died in Iraq (VIDEO)

    11/30/2006 5:57:27 PM PST · by MotleyGirl70 · 177 replies · 5,082+ views
    Break.com ^ | 11/30/06 | Break.com
    Click Here Notice the backs of their t-shirts: God Hates America It's only a matter of time before one of those maggots get seriously hurt or worse.
  • Radical Westboro Baptist Church Claims Amish Community Was Punished by an Angry God (H&C transcript)

    10/05/2006 3:59:24 PM PDT · by rawhide · 109 replies · 2,080+ views
    Fox News ^ | Thursday, October 05, 2006 | Hannity & Colmes
    ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, have been protesting at military funerals since June of last year carrying signs with anti-gay slogans. Yesterday, they announced they were planning to protest the funerals of the Amish schoolgirls shot to death to death in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, earlier this week, but they have since changed their plans. With us now from Westboro Baptist Church is Shirley Phelps-Roper. You changed your plans because Mike Gallagher has offered you airtime on his radio show, because you want to get your message out. What is that message? SHIRLEY PHELPS-ROPER, WESTBORO...
  • Fox News host to Phelps Wacko: 'You're going to hell!'

    06/11/2006 5:58:30 PM PDT · by driftdiver · 205 replies · 10,364+ views
    WND ^ | June 11, 2006 | Worldnetdaily
    <p>A discussion about protests by an anti-homosexual church at the funerals of fallen American soldiers turned into an astounding shoutfest on national television this weekend, with Fox News host Julie Banderas calling a fire-and-brimstone Christian preacher "the devil" and apparently condemning her to hell.</p>