Hello my name is the director of the wisconsin festival thank you for being here. I believe this is the seventh event and also the 30th of 32 events just today in the third day of this book festival. Thank you so much. I have seen many of you all day. [applause]. I could not be more pleased to be introducing megan phelpsroper. With her book unfollow. Were talking about her life and doubt and how you decide to leave or stay in how you defend yourself in this context is one of those conversations with religion that you need to be having so much more as a culture. I think it opens up so many doors for people and making herself a writer and activist. She left the Westboro Baptist church in november of 2012. And she knows about communication across ideological lines. At the age of five, eggen began protesting homosexuality alongside fellow members of the Baptist Church in topeka, kansas in this church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. The t
Than life wooden figures through the town. Bringing up some of the force bearer in our family from you write my great grandfather was the 1st then my grandfather and my father my father you know or does it highlight for us a highlight for the whole town. That. Sense 1581 catholics have been staging this holy week procession and highly. It resembles a passion play each palm sunday they carry huge figures around the town center portraying the sufferings of christ. Jesuits introduced the tradition as part of their strategy to subvert the attraction of the protestant reformation in the region. To put this on some askance put on the list the procession is really remarkable because it has survived told of his of history it was done in like he meant secularization and superiors that the pope described as godless dictatorships. Its a very strong christian. In witnesses from a small region at the heart of germany in bushland. Today the passion procession of highly constat is one of the largest
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We weree just talking in the back, her discussion of life in a religious community, doubt, how you decide to leave or stay and how you defend yourself in those contexts is one of those conversations that we need to be having so much more as a culture. I think the it opens up so many doors for people. Megan is herself a writer and an activist. She leftp the Westboro Baptist church in november 2012 and is now an educator on topics relating to extremism and communication across ideological lines. At the age of 53, megan at the age of 5, peg began began protesting homosexuality. This church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. Picketing at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As the churchs twitter spokesman, megan was one of the few that interacted with the outside world, and twitter actually did something maybe we can applaud it for, it caused her to begin doubting the Strict Church members and its message. After digital
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