Former Member: Westboro Baptist Church Prayed for People to Die

Libby Phelps Alvarez, whose grandfather founded the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, told the Today Show this morning that the Westboro Baptist Church was not satisfied with just protesting the funerals of fallen soldiers – that they began praying for people to die.

“There was a point when we started praying for people to die,” she said. “I didn’t actually do that but I was around when they did it.”

Having left the church several years ago, Alvarez now travels the country with her husband shedding light on the Church’s activities.

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