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'MOST-HATED,' ANTI-GAY PREACHER ONCE FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

He is the lear of "Ameri's most hated fay," a gnt, craggy-faced preacher who displays "God Hat Fags" signs at the funerals of Amerin troops, gay men and AIDS victims. * shirley phelps gay friend *

Fred Phelps nunciatn of gays ma him famo, but few know that he was a civil rights lawyer who fought racism. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Fred Phelps sparks outrage wh his protts agast gays Kansas pastor's protts are foc of U.

(CNN) -- He is the lear of "Ameri's most hated fay, " a gnt, craggy-faced preacher who displays "God Hat Fags" signs at the funerals of Amerin troops, gay men and AIDS victims. Fred Phelps has led his Topeka, Kansas, church on a cross-untry csa agast gays and lbians.

He fought for the rights of blacks, they say, wh the same passn he now rerv for the nmnatn of gays.

A HOLY WAR AGAINST GAYS

Shirly Phelps of WBC fame and her gay iend?! * shirley phelps gay friend *

Ben Stt, print of the NAACP's Topeka branch, says he never heard Phelps talk about homosexuals durg his work as a civil rights attorney.

That's bee there's a distct difference between gay people and black people, she says. Shepard was tortured and murred for beg gay.

FRED PHELPS LOS ANTI-GAY MATTHEW SHEPARD BID

The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founr of a small Kansas church who led outrageo and hate-filled protts that blamed almost everythg, cludg the aths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on Ameri's tolerance for gay people, has died. He was 84. * shirley phelps gay friend *

Phelps' church claims the aths are God's punishment for the natn's tolerance of homosexualy. " Douglas says he had no clue then about Phelps' attu toward gays and lbians. Phelps' crics now spise him for another reason -- his anti-gay activism.

" Phelps' anti-gay pickets ntue even though his se is pendg before the U. The fay plans to vis Atlanta, Geia, startg Wednday for two days of protts, cludg one at a Jewish muny center and a playhoe stagg a productn honor of Shepard, the sla gay llege stunt.

It lls Phelps Ameri's most notor anti-gay activist. He pickets two gay men Kansas were killed a r crash earlier this year, Phelps and his fay marched around their funerals rryg signs rated wh slogans such as "Fags serve ath.

ANTI-GAY PREACHERS FRED PHELPS AND SHIRLEY PHELPS-ROPER BANNED OM BRA

Shirley Phelps’ God is angry at you. Why? Bee you are gay or you accept gay people. Shirley Phelps is the spokperson, matriarch and part-time lawyer for the ntroversial Wtboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, […] * shirley phelps gay friend *

And Phelps is planng to picket the funeral of "Bewched" actor Dick Sargent, a gay activist who isn't even ad but is sufferg om advanced ncer. "Acrdg to one of Phelps' 13 children, Shirley Phelps-Roper, the Phelps fay spends about 30 hours each week picketg "the sodome agenda"-at funerals, as well as parks, rtrants and retail stor where gays allegedly hang out or work.

"Bee homosexualy is at the heart of the downfall of society, " Phelps says. "Ironilly, Phelps says he don't hate gays. "I have iends that are gay, " he says.

DID PHELPS' HATE FOR HOMOSEXUALS FURTHER GAY RIGHTS U.S.?

* shirley phelps gay friend *

"Oh, they don't know I know they're gay, but I do. "Boston lawyer Mel Dahl, who wr a lumn that is syndited to more than a dozen gay publitns natnwi, has been a Phelps watcher for a long time.

"Nothg would please me more than to have him drop off the face of the Earth, " says Dahl, who is gay.

"He has generated a lot of sympathy for gays, " Dahl says. "There are a lot of people Topeka who have lost jobs bee of Phelps, " Dahl says, rellg an cint which an employee a hardware store lost his job bee the Phelps group picketed the store on a mor that the employee was gay.

The Home Secretary has banned two extremist anti-gay preachers om enterg Bra. Fred Phelps and his dghter Shirley Phelps-Roper, who belong to the US Wtboro Baptist Church, were planng to e to the UK to prott outsi a performance of a youth play which reunts the ath of gay universy members of their hate group will be stopped om enterg the untry as well. * shirley phelps gay friend *

"If they fd a gay person workg a rtrant or store, they'll picket outsi the shop every day, " Dahl not.

"And even if the bs owner supports gay rights, he has to thk of the bs first.

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