From Pro-Life Activist to Freethought Leader By: Leslie A. Zukor Leslie Zukor “Leslie, we’re doing God’s work by saving babies!” the voice on my cell phone receiver exclaimed, when I was sitting outside of McAfee Hall one fall afternoon. I was 18-years-old, fresh out of high school, and the newly named Vice President of Wellesley [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Choosing Reason Over Faith
Posted in Opinion on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Westboro Against the World
Posted in News, Opinion on December 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Reed Secular Alliance President Leslie Zukor finished her term paper on the Westboro Baptist Church. The fruits of her labor, entitled “Westboro Against the World”, are below: westboro-against-the-world.
Like Father, Like Son: Inside the Chaotic World Of Nate Phelps
Posted in Opinion on December 18, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Pastor Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church Repeated beatings. Twisting his wife’s arm out of her socket. Forcing his children to lie to investigators after they noticed the signs of abuse. Such was the world of Pastor Fred Phelps, according to his estranged son, Nate Phelps. Fred Phelps, the Pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, [...]
RSA Pres Featured on SSA Guide
Posted in Media, News on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zukor featured at top left The Reed Secular Alliance’s Leslie Zukor appears on the front cover of the Secular Student Alliance’s Group Running Guide. Zukor can be seen at the top left with freethought books. In addition to being on the front page, the RSA’s Freethought Books Project, complete with picture and description, was featured on [...]
Stay Tuned
Posted in News on December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Reed Secular Alliance’s Leslie Zukor is writing her term paper in American Christianity: History and Culture (ANTH 358) on the Westboro Baptist Church. In it, she discusses how the Phelps clan uses language to construct clear boundaries between itself and the outside world. When she finishes writing the paper next week, it will be posted here. [...]
Beyond First Impressions
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Westboro Baptist Church is known for its controversial eschatology and its hatred of homosexuals. But is there a psychological basis for Pastor Fred Phelps’s hatred? How better to find out than to listen to Phelps’s estranged children. In this video, the children who have left the fold say that their father’s ill will toward [...]
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