As the Samoan family exits the vehicle, Shirley Phelps-Roper says, “Oh, I’ve got a customer here,” then snaps into a loud song to the tune of “The Army Goes Rolling Along.” First to fight / For the ...

Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper (née Phelps; born October 31, 1957) is an American lawyer and political activist. She was the lead spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, an ...

Two boys play “Halo” on Xbox 360 and build Lego spaceships in the den of a peach-colored house in a quiet neighborhood of Topeka. In the next room, dozens of signs reading, “Thank God for Dead ...