Just Before Death, Westboro Baptist Church Founder Accepted Gay People Says Grandson
“Fred W. Phelps, my grandfather, came out in support of the Equality House before he was voted out of Westboro Baptist Church,” Zach Phelps, 23, reportedly told Aaron Jackson, the founder and head of Planting Peace.
The comments were posted to the Facebook pages of Equality House and Michael Knote, CEO & Founder of the wildly popular Have A Gay Day, who writes, “You may not believe it but it’s what was told to me by Aaron Jackson, the man that runs the Equality House and Planting Peace.”
...“Specifically,” Phelps’ message continues, “on the day that he was excommunicated, he stood outside of the front door of the church (but not within anyone’s earshot but a few members of WBC who happened to be in the immediate vicinity)… I say, he spoke words to this effect to the Equality House: ‘You are good people.’”
I feel like he had a change of heart after my grandmother nearly passed away, and he felt the pangs of loss … he waited for news of her every day and night while she was in intensive care. I think this triggered a chain reaction whereby he developed great empathy for others… which would explain why he would support Planting Peace’s anti-suicide and anti-bullying platforms, and their charities across the world.
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/1-just-before-death-westboro-baptist-church-founder-accepted-gay-people-says-grandson/news/2014/05/23/87936
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And now we know why he was kicked out of the church, if it's true of course. I'd like to think it is, that even the worst bigot can change. I suppose we'll never really know.
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