Westboro leader Fred Phelps Sr. dies; his church’s funeral protests changed federal law
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/03/14
Fred Phelps Sr., who tested the boundaries of free speech as the founding pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its picketing of military funerals and opposition to homosexuality, has died of natural causes. He was 84 years old. Phelps and other church members publicly blamed tolerance of homosexuals…