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> [Loving someone whose ideas we find detestable can seem impossible, and empathizing with them isn't much easier - but it's so important to remember that listening is not agreeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/loving-someone-whose-ideas-we-find-detestable-can-seem-impossible-and/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

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## More by Megan Phelps-Roper

> [I believe in so much - I believe in people. I believe in hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-believe-in-so-much-i-believe-in-people-i-believe-in-hope/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [The pickets were just a fact of life. And the fact that people hated us from the time I was tiny, the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/the-pickets-were-just-a-fact-of-life-and-the-fact-that-people-hated/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/my-friends-on-twitter-didn-t-abandon-their-beliefs-or-their/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [My husband and I eventually want to start a nonprofit and call it the Westboro Foundation. It was his idea, and I love it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/my-husband-and-i-eventually-want-to-start-a-nonprofit-and-call-it-the/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [I wanted to do everything right. I wanted to be good, and I wanted to be obedient, and I wanted to be the object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-wanted-to-do-everything-right-i-wanted-to-be-good-and-i-wanted-to/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [Westboro would quote this passage from the book of Leviticus that, for them, shows that the definition of 'love thy neighbor' is to rebuke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/westboro-would-quote-this-passage-from-the-book-of-leviticus-that-for/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [When we engage people across ideological divides, asking questions helps us map the disconnect between our differing points of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/when-we-engage-people-across-ideological-divides-asking-questions/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [I miss my family every single day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-miss-my-family-every-single-day/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [We know that we dearly love our family. They now consider us betrayers, and we are cut off from their lives, but we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/we-know-that-we-dearly-love-our-family-they-now-consider-us-betrayers/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [In my home, life was framed as an epic spiritual battle between good and evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/in-my-home-life-was-framed-as-an-epic-spiritual-battle-between-good/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/some-people-cannot-believe-there-is-an-alternative-interpretation-of/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [Loving someone whose ideas we find detestable can seem impossible, and empathizing with them isn't much easier - but it's so important to remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/loving-someone-whose-ideas-we-find-detestable-can-seem-impossible-and/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [I was born and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous congregation started by my grandfather, and consisting almost entirely of my extended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-was-born-and-raised-in-the-westboro-baptist-church-an-infamous/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [I don't believe in God anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-don-t-believe-in-god-anymore/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

> [We believed it was a Good vs Evil situation: that the WBC was right and everybody else was wrong, so there was no questioning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/we-believed-it-was-a-good-vs-evil-situation-that-the-wbc-was-right/)

[Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/)

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