On the next Fresh Air, growing up in the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, which preached that God hates gay people. The church picketed the funerals of American soldiers. A talk with Megan Phelps Roper, the granddaughter of the church’s founder. She left the church seven years ago, in her mid 20’s. She’s written a new memoir. Join us.
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(Photo: Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-roper/via NPR)