Take heart, and be patient; change takes time but it is possible, and it's way more likely if we can reach out… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
We read the whole Bible, cover to cover, over and over again... It wasn't that we read selective parts of the Bible.… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
We were raised to believe that our way of seeing the world was the only way. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
There are aspects of Westboro that are, of course, more extreme in the way that certain religious practices manifest. But the idea… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
As happy as we were in our backyard jumping on trampolines, it was the same general feeling, often euphoria, on the picket… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Discussing and dissecting opposing viewpoints with others on Twitter opened up a whole new way of thinking for me. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
When we lose hope that there is a possibility of reaching the other side - I don't even like to say the… — 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
