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''"If you see a nation or a people who have risen up with one voice to say that it's OK to be gay, you're looking at a doomed people. Those people have crossed the line. When you say "gay pride," you obviously have given over any trace or any notion that you're going to admit that you're sinning". - ''Shirley Phelps-Roper. | ''"If you see a nation or a people who have risen up with one voice to say that it's OK to be gay, you're looking at a doomed people. Those people have crossed the line. When you say "gay pride," you obviously have given over any trace or any notion that you're going to admit that you're sinning". - ''Shirley Phelps-Roper. | ||
'''Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper '''(born October 31, 1957), is an American lawyer who is a member of the | '''Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper '''(born October 31, 1957), is an American lawyer who is a member of the infamous [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church Westboro Baptist Church] of Topeka, Kansas. She is the daughter of the equally notorious [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Fred_Phelps Fred Phelps], the church's founder and pastor. Shirley is one of the church's most well know figures besides her father, and is a spokesperson for the church as well. She has appeared on many news programs and documentaries, where she has been the target of criticism for her parenting and religious beliefs. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper was born on October 31, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, to Fred Phelps, an attorney and pastor of the then unknown Westboro Baptist Church, and his wife Margie. Shirley was the fifth of thirteen children, and she, according to her four estranged siblings, was abused along with the rest of the family by her father. Phelps- Roper and her siblings who stayed in the church all deny these claims. Like her father, Shirley attended Washburn University, where she recived a degree in law. | Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper was born on October 31, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, to Fred Phelps, an attorney and pastor of the then unknown Westboro Baptist Church, and his wife Margie. Shirley was the fifth of thirteen children, and she, according to her four estranged siblings, was abused along with the rest of the family by her father. Phelps- Roper and her siblings who stayed in the church all deny these claims. Like her father, Shirley attended Washburn University, where she recived a degree in law. | ||