Megan Phelps-Roper

Megan Phelps-Roper (born January 31, 1986) is a social media activist, lobbying to overcome divisions and hatred between religious and political divides. Formerly a member of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), she left the church with her sister Grace in November 2012. Her mother is Shirley Phelps-Roper, whose father was the church's founder Fred Phelps. 2Biography Phelps-Roper was born in Topeka, Kansas, and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church with her mother, Shirley Phelps-Roper and siblings. She graduated from Washburn University, and worked for her family's law firm after graduating. In 2012, she made a public departure from the church with her sister, publishing an open letter explaining their reasons for leaving. Phelps-Roper has stated that all of her family members still in the church have cut ties with her. She has ascribed her disenchantment with the church's doctrines to interaction with other people on Twitter. Phelps-Roper was married on August 15, 2016. In February 2017 she presented a TED talk discussing her experiences being brought up within the WBC and her journey towards the decision to leav