U.K. bars entry to anti-gay American preacher
LONDON - An anti-gay U.S. Christian preacher and his daughter have been barred from entering Britain as they could spread “extremism and hatred,” the British government said Thursday.
The Rev. Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, had been due in Britain to protest at a play about the murder of a gay man.
But British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she had decided to prevent Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from entering the country.
This is great news. Fred Phelps is an awful human being. Most Kansans have had a run in of their own, or know someone who has dealt with Phelps. If you haven’t seen it, and are interested, I suggest you watch Fall From Grace.
