Reverend Fred Phelps is the minister of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, which preaches a doctrine that glorifies judgment and hatred. Reverend Fred Phelps and his followers protest Matthew Shepard’s funeral and the trials of Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. Reverend Phelps represents a brand of religiosity that is so extremist and hateful that it goes completely against most people’s sense of morality and decency, showing how religion can be a dangerous tool for hatred.
Reverend Fred Phelps Quotes in The Laramie Project
The The Laramie Project quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Fred Phelps or refer to Reverend Fred Phelps. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 3: Snow
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I decided that someone needed to stand toe to toe with this guy and show the differences. And I think at time like this when we’re talking about hatred as much as the nation is right now, that someone needs to show, that there is a better way of dealing with that kind of hatred. So our idea is to dress up like angels.
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Reverend Fred Phelps Quotes in The Laramie Project
The The Laramie Project quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Fred Phelps or refer to Reverend Fred Phelps. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 3: Snow
Quotes
I decided that someone needed to stand toe to toe with this guy and show the differences. And I think at time like this when we’re talking about hatred as much as the nation is right now, that someone needs to show, that there is a better way of dealing with that kind of hatred. So our idea is to dress up like angels.
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