Girl On A Wire: Walking The Line Between Faith And Freedom In The Westboro Baptist Church
by Libby Phelps /
2017 / English / EPUB
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It wasn’t until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year
old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the
granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the
church and its values were all she’d known. She didn’t tell her
family she was leaving. It happened in just a few minutes; she
ran into her house, grabbed a bag, and fled. No goodbyes.
It wasn’t until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year
old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the
granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the
church and its values were all she’d known. She didn’t tell her
family she was leaving. It happened in just a few minutes; she
ran into her house, grabbed a bag, and fled. No goodbyes.
Based in Topeka, Kansas, the Westboro Baptist Church community is
one the country’s most notorious evangelical groups. Its members
are known for their boisterous picketingtheir zealous members
with anti-military, anti-Semitic, and anti-gay signsThank God
for Dead Soldiers,” God Hates Jews,” or Thank God for 9/11”and
their notorious catchphrase God hates fags.” Search for them
online and you’re directed to their website,
www.godhatesfags.com.
Based in Topeka, Kansas, the Westboro Baptist Church community is
one the country’s most notorious evangelical groups. Its members
are known for their boisterous picketingtheir zealous members
with anti-military, anti-Semitic, and anti-gay signsThank God
for Dead Soldiers,” God Hates Jews,” or Thank God for 9/11”and
their notorious catchphrase God hates fags.” Search for them
online and you’re directed to their website,
www.godhatesfags.com.
The church makes headlines in news across the country. You’ve
driven past its picketers or seen them on TV. It has seventy
members and ninety percent of them are part of Libby’s family.
They picket concerts, football games, other churches, and, most
notoriously, the funerals of servicemen and victims of hate
crimes. For its members, to question its rules is to risk going
to hellwhere worms eat at your body and fire shoots out of your
eyeballs.
The church makes headlines in news across the country. You’ve
driven past its picketers or seen them on TV. It has seventy
members and ninety percent of them are part of Libby’s family.
They picket concerts, football games, other churches, and, most
notoriously, the funerals of servicemen and victims of hate
crimes. For its members, to question its rules is to risk going
to hellwhere worms eat at your body and fire shoots out of your
eyeballs.
In
InGirl on a Wire
Girl on a Wire, Libby is candid about her experience
and what’s happened since her escape. On
, Libby is candid about her experience
and what’s happened since her escape. OnAnderson Cooper
Live
Anderson Cooper
Live, she was confronted by the mother of a soldier whose
funeral had been picketed, and had to respond. Despite it all,
she cares for her family. Her grandfather’s sermons were fear
mongering, but she loves him. This unusual memoir presents a
rare, inside look into a notorious cult, and is an astonishing
story of strength, bravery, and determination.
, she was confronted by the mother of a soldier whose
funeral had been picketed, and had to respond. Despite it all,
she cares for her family. Her grandfather’s sermons were fear
mongering, but she loves him. This unusual memoir presents a
rare, inside look into a notorious cult, and is an astonishing
story of strength, bravery, and determination.