You hear stories about Scientology, where people are prevented from leaving, and Westboro's not like that. If you decide that you don't want to be there, then they will help you leave. The shunning, cutting people off - they're doing… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
There's a learned helplessness for a lot of people who are leaving Westboro because you're not allowed to have any kind of independence when you are there so a lot of people don't have practical life skills. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
The pickets were just a fact of life. And the fact that people hated us from the time I was tiny, the fact that… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
My husband and I eventually want to start a nonprofit and call it the Westboro Foundation. It was his idea, and I love it.… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
I wanted to do everything right. I wanted to be good, and I wanted to be obedient, and I wanted to be the object… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Westboro would quote this passage from the book of Leviticus that, for them, shows that the definition of 'love thy neighbor' is to rebuke… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
When we engage people across ideological divides, asking questions helps us map the disconnect between our differing points of view. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
We know that we dearly love our family. They now consider us betrayers, and we are cut off from their lives, but we know… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
In my home, life was framed as an epic spiritual battle between good and evil. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
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… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
