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speaking of the westborough baptist church a couple of interesting stories
for you
lauren drain former member of the westborough baptist church
is saying that fred phelps the founder of the westborough baptist church
may be getting
this is this is pretty pretty bizarre knelt there but it wouldn't be
unprecedented that somebody who is homophobic is actually gave themselves
so uh... lauren trane published a book she's twenty seven years old she was a
member of the west bura baptist church congregation until she decided to leave
which happens we talked the nate phelps on this show and there are a number of
others who have left
and she spoke with the advocate about her book
and she said that
it's possible
that fred phelps
may have formed a less per about this church and started this
incredible anti-gay crusade because the gates periods that he may have had some
point
and she talks about how he was a boy scout who
graduated with honors and he was headed for the military but then a seventeen
years old fred phelps change his mind
and suddenly he wanted to be a preacher
to fight against *** immorality and here's what lauren drains that she said
i never understood why when the media asks them
while you so against homosexuals did you have a homosexual experience do you have
a homosexual tendencies
he would get so mad he would shut down any deal like i can talk to this person
anymore
they're stupid his reaction to that was stronger than any other question you can
ask them so i always wondered that why does he get so mad if i'm not gay i'll
just say i'm not get i'm not gonna freak out why are you calling me gak i thought
it was super strange i don't know what happened there so speculation is all
that i can leave it at but something happened and something made him change
his mind about the military
and in turn out a crusade against homosexuals i mean ted haggard comes to
mind a number different individuals come to mind this is not evidence
but it is very interesting that someone who was in that organization
is not shore
that fred phelps is not gay or at some point how big a cs period
right amin
we've talked about the
incredible incredibly homophobic people who who come out he's gay i mean is a
strange to think that the most homophobic man in the world might not
uh... at some of us tendencies and so if you would be surprising but this this is
a really evidence and n_c_r_ stream that ago somebody is saying that uh... that
nate phelps said he saw no evidence that fred phelps is gay so they really did
it's just interesting that it's not off the table like someone who was in the
organization
questions that
yeah she may have reasons for doing that and and one of them maybe they it's
publicity
uh... we know that the west for a baptist church knows a thing or two
about publicity but uh... in interesting nonetheless
break i mean i don't see what the difficulties in just saying
i'm outta here and i'm just not gain