Westboro
Baptist Church Founder 'On the
Edge of Death'
Fred Phelps, Sr.,
Founder of the controversial
Westboro Baptist Church famous for its extreme ideologies, was ex-communicated from the
Church in August and is close to death at a hospice in Kansas, according to a
Facebook post written by one of his estranged sons early Sunday morning.
Founded in 1955, the Kansas-based
Church is famous for its anti-gay sentiments and has made a name for itself picketing military funerals, among other events and organizations, with signs that declare such nasty statements as "God hates fags" and "America is doomed." It has been labeled as a hate group by the
Southern Poverty Law Center and the
Anti-Defamation League.
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Westboro Baptist Church Founder 'On the Edge of Death'