Editing Westboro Baptist Church (section)

==Documentary media coverage==
In 2001, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Channel_%28United_States%29 Sundance Channel] aired the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Union_in_Wait A Union in Wait]'', a documentary about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage same-sex marriage] directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Butler Ryan Butler]. Phelps and members of Westboro Baptist Church appeared in the film after Phelps picketed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Forest_Baptist_Church Wake Forest Baptist Church] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Forest_University Wake Forest University] over a proposed same-sex union ceremony.

In 2005, the British satellite company [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting British Sky Broadcasting] produced an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalism investigative] piece using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_camera hidden cameras], which included footage of two of Phelps' granddaughters, Libby and Jael. In the testimonial, Libby and Jael explain that they hope and pray that no one outside of Westboro becomes "elect",<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>because they want everyone else in the world to die horribly and burn in Hell, and that even if they did not believe their actions were dictated by God, they would still do and enjoy them anyway.<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>The interview was not part of the hidden camera segment, and although much of the footage was taken without the knowledge or permission of Westboro, the church maintains a link to the entire report on its website.

On April 1, 2007, the British television channel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two BBC Two] broadcast [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Theroux Louis Theroux]' ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Hated_Family_in_America The Most Hated Family in America]''. Theroux has presented a number of documentaries about unusual or unconventional people and groups in the UK, the US and elsewhere. A follow-up documentary by Theroux, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Hated_Family_in_Crisis America's Most Hated Family in Crisis]'', broadcast in the UK on April 3, 2011.

The website godhatesfags.com was prominently featured in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jeremy_Kyle_Show The Jeremy Kyle Show]'', a talk show aired on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV ITV] network in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2007. Shirley Phelps-Roper and her daughters had been invited to express their beliefs live via satellite. On the show, Kyle criticized the Phelps for their beliefs and referred to the Phelps' children as "completely and utterly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control brainwashed]", and to Phelps-Roper herself as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis deranged]".

In the June 21, 2007, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4 Channel 4] documentary ''Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell'', starring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Allen_%28actor%29 Keith Allen], on which Phelps-Roper and some of her children agreed to appear, Phelps-Roper admitted on camera that her oldest son, Samuel, was born out of wedlock. Allen declared Phelps-Roper's vocal condemnation of strangers having sexual congress outside of marriage to be hypocritical as she was guilty of the same thing.