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Revision as of 01:35, 16 September 2010
Shirley Phelps-Roper | |
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| Born | Shirley Lynn Phelps October 31, 1957 |
| Spouse | Brent Roper |
| Parent(s) | Fred Phelps Margie Simms |
Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper (born October 31, 1957) is an American lawyer and political activist. She is best known as the spokesman of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, an organization known for its highly publicized public protests conducted under the slogan "God Hates Fags."
Biography
Shirley L. Phelps-Roper was born October 31, 1957 in Topeka, Kansas. She is the daughter of attorney and political activist Fred Phelps, minister of the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent church often characterized as a hate group.[1][2][3] She and the church have received widespread media coverage on news outlets such as the BBC and Fox News for the group's aggressive preaching and controversial campaigns such as the picketing the funerals of AIDS victims with signs such as "God hates fags" and funeral processions for American soldiers killed in combat.[4]
Phelps-Roper received a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1979 and a J.D. degree from Washburn in 1981.[5] She practices for Phelps-Chartered Co., the Phelps family's law firm established by her father in 1964,[6] and is currently licensed to practice before all Kansas courts up through the United States Supreme Court.[5]
Phelps-Roper is the wife of Brent D. Roper and a mother of 11 children. Besides her father Fred, Shirley Phelps Roper has been the most public spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church and answers many of the e-mails sent to the church in a column called "Dear Shirley".[7] She is currently on the list of individuals banned from entering the United Kingdom for "fostering extremism or hatred".[8]
Footnotes
- ^ Anti-Defamation League (2006). "Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church". Retrieved 2007-02-23.
- ^ Southern Poverty Law Center." The Year in Hate:2005". Accessed 5 October 2006.
- ^ Southern Poverty Law Center. Active U.S. Hate Groups in 2005. Accessed 5 October 2006.
- ^ "The Most Hated Family in America" bbc.co.uk March 30, 2007
- ^ a b "Shirley L. Phelps-Roper," phelpschartered.com/ Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ "Firm History," phelpschartered.com/ Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ Dear Shirley
- ^ "UK 'least wanted' list published"; BBC Online; May 5, [2009]
External links
- Westboro Baptist Church home page, godhatesfags.com. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- Justin Kendall, "The New Fred: Shirley Phelps-Roper is Just Like Her Notorious Father — Except in One Crucial Way," pitch.com, November 11, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- Kevin Bussey, "Interview with Shirley Phelps-Roper," kevinbussey.com, December 12, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- Interview with Louis Theroux, "America's Most Hated Family, bbc news, March 30, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
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