But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.

Lynn Johnston, 1947 –
Fred Waldron Phelps biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Fred Waldron Phelps

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Fred Waldron Phelps

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Fred Waldron Phelps

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13 Nov 1929

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Pastor heading the Westboro Baptist Church                          
                          
Mother Catherine Idalette Johnston
Father Fred Wade Phelps
Wife Margie Marie Simms, thirteen children, four of whom have left this organisaton.

One of his sons is Nate Phelps, seventh child of Fred, author and speaker on religion and child abuse, and an lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocate. Nate accuses his father of child abuse and domestic violence against his mother.

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Known for the slogans that he uses against people he deems sinful. His church is built around a core of anti-homosexual theology, with many of their activities stemming from the slogan "God hates fags", which is also the name of the group's main website.                          
Nate Phelps, estranged son of Fred Phelps, claims he never had a relationship with his abusive father when he was growing up. He alleged that, in addition to hurting others in this world, his father used to physically abuse his wife and children by beating them with his fists and the handle of a mattock to the point of bleeding.

Nate Phelps said he left home for good in 1980 after a terror-filled childhood in which Fred Phelps beat him and his siblings during outbursts of violence.

In 2005, Phelps and his family held a signature drive to bring about a vote to repeal a law that protected homosexuals from workplace discrimination. Phelps said he collected over 6,000 signatures, enough to bring the measure to a vote. In the aftermath of the election, 64 individuals who'd signed the petition came forward to state that Phelps' family had lied to them about what they were signing, and asked that their names be removed.

Phelps wrote a letter to Saddam Hussein praising his regime for being, in his opinion, "the only Muslim state that allows the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to be freely and openly preached on the streets.