"It was a horrible moment. There's the level of shame and regret and humiliation that i felt in that moment," he says. "To have this thing that i had seen as such a blessing, and this just, what a beautiful gift, to go and speak for god is like turning to ashes."
Megan Phelps-Roper was born into the Westboro Baptist Church, a religious cult called the most rabid hate groups in America. Megan was a true believer and one of the Church’s most vocal advocates...until one day, she changed her mind.
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