TOPEKA, Kan. — T he Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and ...

Fred Phelps, a publicity-hungry Kansas pastor who picketed hundreds of military funerals because he believed America was too sympathetic to gays, died early Thursday in Topeka, Kan. He was 84. His ...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, ...

“You are going to take your kids into that church that promotes sodomy,” yelled one of Pastor Fred Phelps’ supporters to a family entering the First United Methodist Church on Sunday. Best known for ...

So… it sounds like the hate machine founded by Fred Phelps—Westboro Baptist Church—has turned on its founder: Some online sources are reporting that Fred Phelps ...

Days after we learned that Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, was on his death bed, one of his sons has confirmed that the anti-gay pastor died late on Wednesday ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A compound in an upscale, older neighborhood five minutes west of the Kansas state Capitol is home to what may be the most hated family in America. The compound includes all but two of ...

Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps died today, and while most people aren’t all that torn up about Phelps’ timely demise, there are a lot of thoughts about the late “religious” figure online.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including ...

TOPEKA, Kan. • The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of a Kansas church known for anti-gay protests and pickets at military funerals, has died. He was 84. Daughter Margie Phelps says Fred Phelps died ...