a "fag" nation, a phrase Phelps-Roper used repeatedly to describe Canada. soldiers who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Ĭhurch members claim the deaths are part of God's wrath against Americans for turning their back on his teachings. The Westboro Baptist church has gained notoriety in recent years for setting up protest pickets at the funerals of U.S. Everything you need to know is right there." "I haven't met him personally, but he has nothing going on," she said dismissively. Her crudest descriptions of the 22-year-old are not printed. Phelps-Roper described McLean - who she had never met - in an insulting, insensitive and graphic manner. He is dead and God does not do that to people that serve in his truth." from your idols to your filthy way of life," she said. She said his brutal murder was a sign from God. And it sucks to be him and it sucks to be them," Phelps-Roper said. He was taught to be a rebel by his parents. She said McLean deserved his death by beheading on a Greyhound Bus last week. "God handed us a gift," Phelps-Roper said in a phone interview on Thursday. The daughter of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Ka., told CTV.ca she and several other church members will go to Winnipeg on Saturday to demonstrate against what she described as McLean's "filthy way of life." Shirley Phelps-Roper said his life was emblematic of Canada's moral decay. A church group described in a British documentary as "the most hated family in America" says it will head to Canada this weekend to protest Tim McLean's funeral.
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