Fred Phelps on the edge of death? 'god hates fags' guy

[MuseRider]

69. I was born and raised in Topeka and know the family.

I went all through school with Fred Jr., even part of university and know his wife as well.

They have been doing this kind of stuff since the kids were in grade school, it just went from one thing to the other until they stopped getting attention then they moved to something else outrageous.

It is Shirley Phelps Roper, she is a daughter not a daughter in law. I don't know what she will do because I don't know if the rest of the clan will follow her.

They work throughout the community, always have. The have at least one law firm. They work in our corrections department, they have in the past and may still work with family services. They are out and about all the time as citizens. Their kids attend public school.

They do get donations but they have also sued a whole lot of people and towns and won. They have sucked a lot from Topeka over the years as the city actually tried to stop them but got sued for their attempts. They do get donations. They all work.

I hope beyond anything that they fall apart after his death. I always thought he was terrifying as a kid. Now I know what was going on there and he was terrifying. His family was brutalized beyond anything most of us will ever know. I hope after his death that they come out from under the fear and try to at least live lives that do not destroy others. Shirley is a tiny little woman, I can't imagine she will wield as much terror as the old man did. All this is speculation.

As happy as I am to say I no longer live in Topeka I live close enough to see these creeps every time I go to town, every time I play a concert or attend something like that. I have spent a lifetime afraid of these people because of how they have hurt friends and family, I have spent a lifetime hating every one of them in spite of trying not to actually work up a good hate.

I just want them gone and quiet.