Fred Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps II of the USA is by far the most decelerated Olympian of all time with 23 Olympic gold medals as well 3 silver and 2 bronze making it 28 in total . He also holds 7 current world records across his sport of swimming. At only 31 he has retired from swimming once after the 2012 London Olympics but 2 years later he came out of retirement and qualified for the 2016 USA Olympic team. Michael went from a child scared to put his face under the water to the best swimmer of all time and

picture but it doesn't. The Westboro Baptist Church is located in Topeka, Kansas and made up of Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps, nine of his 13 children (the other four are estranged because they didn’t agree with their family), their children and spouses, and a small number of other families and individuals. Phelps has maintained tight control over the group. His estranged son Nathan says that Phelps abused his children

Through the onslaught of opinionated social media posts we scroll through every day, on a variety of social platforms, we are constantly reminded of the First Amendment granting U.S. Citizens the Freedom of Speech. Often I find myself wondering what was going through their head or how they arrived at their conclusion, but I dare not restrict them from voicing their mind. Throughout the 2016 Presidential Election, a myriad of "political experts" over both party lines both consistently and unapologetically

Reverend Fred Phelps was the preacher who staged the anti-gay demonstration and Matthew was a homosexual that was brutally beaten and left to die on fence in Wyoming. Simply because he was a homosexual and “[after] seeing Fred Phelps protesting at Matthew's funeral”(Kaufman 79) you can see that Phelps and his followers are afraid of change. Fueled by Phelp's religion that being gay is a sin, the religion

the Phelps family, descendants of Fred Phelps, who founded the Westboro Baptist Church in 1955. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church strongly believe that soldiers killed in combat, are God’s punishment for homosexuality and the increased support and acceptance of homosexuality in America. They display their views by having anti-gay protests and picketing the funerals of veterans, with signs like “God Hates Fags” and “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.” Theroux tells Shirley, the daughter of Fred Phelps

groups, and organizations should not be able to protest at military funerals. I don’t think that they should be able to, for other people (Westboro Baptist Church) think that it’s legal for citizens to protest at military funerals. The Snyder v. Phelps case which was a supreme court case regarding protests, was big around 2010-2011 because courts said protesting was a,“matter of public concern.” Protests like this could be known as a form of hate speech toward the military. What they did was (Discrimination

Deviant behavior is anything that a person does that is out of the norm. Robbing banks, stealing cars, and assaulting individuals are easily considered deviant behavior, but can people be deviant while still being within their legal rights and without breaking any laws? One congregation that does not break any laws, but is considered to be out-of-line, is the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church has been called offensive and their actions are frowned upon by many. Is the Westboro

Society’s view on sexuality has played a pivotal role in the equality of the gay community. Their existence is often ignored as there is a stigma against their lifestyle and those who choose to reveal their identity are either attacked or shunned away. The fatality of Matthew Shepard during the late 90s proved to show that some parts of society had not yet accepted homosexuality. Whether or not acceptance is relevant today, the play works to address the issues of sexuality through Matthew and have

A Death That Revealed the World’s Concealed View on Homosexuality The Laramie Project is a play written by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project. The play is based on the interviews of the citizens of Laramie about what’s happening in Laramie and their responses to the murder of Matthew. In addition to the various themes suggested by the play, the author wanted to present the varying perspectives toward homosexuality in the Laramie community at the time of Matthew’s death

The definition of Christianity is a religion that teaches about who Jesus is and why he was sent to save us. I believe being a Christian consists of loving inward, outward and upward. I as that I never knew who God was growing up, but I always knew he existed. I am a courageous Christian woman that has been a Christian for almost three years now. I know now what it is like to live for God’s glory. Before I became a Christian I was a very lost soul. What I mean by this is, I lived a very hateful