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ck4829

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3. I'm surprised nobody's tried to take the kids away from the Phelps church yet

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 03:34 PM

Mar 2013

When does it become child abuse? If you've seen the children, you see the atmosphere of hate and psychological abuse that they are in.

It's almost like the city of Topeka regards the Phelps compound as something that you shouldn't talk or do anything about.

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My father, the hate preacher: Nate Phelps on escaping Westboro Baptist Church [View all] n2doc Mar 2013 OP

Wow! I'm so glad those kids got out.. that fred's poison didn't Cha Mar 2013 #1

Wow just wow! NT Sadiedog Mar 2013 #2

I'm surprised nobody's tried to take the kids away from the Phelps church yet ck4829 Mar 2013 #3

Megan and her sister Grace left last year too. EvilAL Mar 2013 #4

Karmaic Justice, may it weigh heavy upon the evil Charletain, and soon. Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #5

"Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." Mencken Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #6

I get depressed when I see important stories in a British paper rather than an American one. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2013 #7

For the same reason Texas wants to forbid the teaching of critical thinking n/t Fumesucker Mar 2013 #8

There have been many kids escape the hate and santamargarita Mar 2013 #9