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to express their opinion is a very hateful way, to the point that it makes any person passing by uncomfortable and even express their anger towards them. In “The Most Hated Family In America” film, there are several instances where one can see the Phelps family discouraging the population by yelling that they are all going to hell, and that God hates this world for accepting the ways of the world. They don’t care if the person is Christian or not, according to them, the world has no salvation (Theroux)

address that not everyone in the family is rotten. Many of the members over the years have left the church, primarily the younger kids as they gotolder. To which Westboro responds “If you are a true follower, you lose members of your family.” (Fred Phelps Jr.). On March 10th 2006, The Westboro Baptist church picketed the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew A. Snyder. On June 5th 2006, the family sued WBC for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress

should take crucial steps against hate speech. Speech in United States is as free as it could ever be because Congress does not violate what an individual says, regardless of how odious. According to the United States Supreme Court case "Snyder V. Phelps", Westboro Baptist Church has been protesting at the military funerals for the past 20 years and it has protested at nearly 600 funerals to spread its belief that God hates United States for its acceptance of homosexuality, especially in the US Military

what makes a fundamentalist differentiate from a terrorist. For some people, categorizing Westboro Baptist Church as a fundamentalist group could be quite the stretch. Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, is a church that was founded by Fred Phelps in 1955. As previously mentioned, this group is known for their hate speeches and preaches against all form of sin such as homosexuality, adultery, divorced, and remarriage.4 These sins are listed in the bible and shouldn’t be committed but there

picked a baptism of a child of a same-sex couple. Their reasoning, the child of the couple shall be sent to hell because again, “God hates Fags.” A former member of the Westboro baptist church, Lauren Drains, believes the former Westboro leader, Fred Phelps, was homosexual orientation. She believes this because every time the man was interviewed and asked questions such as, “Why do you shame the homosexual community?”, “Do you have any background with homosexuality,” he would shut down and say “I am

In the year 1517, a monk by the name of Martin Luther revolutionized the entire religious world by starting the Reformation movement within Europe by just posting his 95 Theses to the Castle Church doors in Wittenberg, Germany. The spread of the Reformation ideals took time until it eventually made its way to England in the early 17th century. England, throughout the years, was constantly changing politically and religiously, with some monarchs leaning towards Protestantism with an iron fist and

Anonymous is an international organization complied of like-minded individuals sharing an extensive knowledge of computation and systematic software (German, 2012). In short, they are hacking activists; people wanting social change who protest by revealing hidden truths. It is known to operate on ideas rather than directions meaning that the individuals involved do not wait for instruction or approval of a task. They do however, have a loosely agreed upon goal- for there is order. There is no granted

Does God Exist? In this essay I am going to create a balanced argument from over the years which many people have used to base their beliefs on whether or not God exists. Furthermore the topic of God is such an important issue in the past few years due to the Iraq war and recent terrorist attacks. It is of importance because in the Iraq war we have a predominantly White-Christian country occupying a predominantly Middle eastern-Muslim country, each with opposing religious beliefs. Which if left

Homosexuality Hemosexuality is a completely different case to slavery as it is outright forbidden in the book of Leviticus saying “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”(Leviticus 20:13). And some people have taken this to the extreme, such as with the Westboro Baptist Church which have undergone highly publicized protests, often at American military funerals

Annie Beth Besheat Teacher’s Name: Wolf Writing 6 Today’s Date: 2/23/18 Michael Phelps Michael Phelps is an inspiration to all because he worked hard, and it payed off. He has proved that if you don’t give up anything is possible, he also has left a lasting impact on the sport swimming, that will never be forgotten. Early Life Michael Fred Phelps was born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland (Source 1) .Phelps had a fear at a very young age of sticking his head underwater, and just when it