Not according to the daughter:
Posted on 03/17/2014 2:21:19 PM PDT by markomalley
After finding out Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. was on the verge of death many quipped the Westboro Baptist Church, the very organization he founded, would picket his funeral like they have so many others in the past. It might sound like a joke but apparently it’s the real deal: the WBC will hold a demonstration at the funeral of their former pastor.
Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, was reportedly excommunicated from the group.
Phelps Sr., 84, began to make headlines over the weekend after his estranged son Nathan posted a note to Facebook where he said the pastor is currently in hospice care and was excommunicated from the organization for reasons that remain unclear. As twisted as it may be, his daughter Margie (who is a part of the WBC) said on Twitter the hate-fueled organization would definitely be at his funeral, if only to picket.
“My dad Pastor Fred Phelps is a hell bound f*g enabling whore,” she shockingly wrote on Twitter Sunday evening. “#Westboro Baptist Church to protest this whores Funeral.” Margie had nothing but revulsion to spread in regards to her father’s ailing health. She added he is “now a hell bound whore.”
Speculation as to why he was excommunicated is rampant on the Internet, with some assuming the WBC members found out Phelps was actually gay and others thinking he might have had a change in heart as his health declined. There’s no definite answer as of now.
Despite Margie and Nathan’s public statements that reveal Phelps Sr.’s passing is imminent, the WBC issued a “Recent Media FAQ” that denied the former pastor was not doing well. They said Phelps “is a person of advanced age, and such people sometimes have health issues.” But the organization seemed annoyed at the insinuation that they’re former pastor was “near death” since it’s “highly speculative” and “foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God.” As far as Phelps allegedly being “excluded” from member ship at the WBC, the organization succinctly replied: “Membership issues are private.”
A spokesperson for the WBC said Phelps Sr. was in hospice care, but would not remark any further. “We don't owe any talk to you about that," Westboro spokesman Steve Drain told the Topeka Capital-Journal. "We don't discuss our internal church dealings with anybody. It's only because of his notoriety that you are asking."
Not according to the daughter:
Like father ... Like daughter ... :-) ...
Not exactly a reliable source.
Sounds like a family power struggle to seize control of the church assets before Fred died.
Thanks for clarifying. I was hoping he had repented of his virulent hatred.
She caught him doing what?
No tabloid could invent this.
Figuratively if not literally the whole group seems a bunch of jerk-offs. Still it’s a kind of instant karma. Those who judge need to be real careful lest they be judged, and she could find herself on the outs real quick.
Certainly the biblical letters were quite plain about how they resolved sin issues.
Read the title and figured it HAD to come from The Onion or such.
What a sick joke these people are.
I’m looking for the humor/satire tag, but I don’t see it.
I thought that just grew hair on your palms and made you blind
He is in hospice? Does he have AIDS?
Thinking they’ve just flat torn out John 15 from their Bibles.
In fact, I’ll wager they would fail a 20 question basic Bible quiz.
Per this article, there has been a power struggle:
Most amazing to me is that Shirley Phelps seems to be left out and without power.
He must have had tight control over the money
Remember...they claim to be lifelong Democrats.
so if you masturbate, you're gay.....who knew?? That would mean that the 97%of men who admit that they masturbate are gay, the other 3% who lie and say they don't are O.K. !!!
These women are such hypocrites.
Margie Phelps is a hell bound bore.
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