![]() To protest the increasing acceptance of homosexuality in America, the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funerals of gay men who died of AIDS and of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ![]() She believed that all manner of other tragedies-war, natural disaster, mass shootings-were warnings from God to a doomed nation, and that it was her duty to spread the news of His righteous judgments. ![]() “You won’t repent of your rebellion that brought His wrath on you in this incurable scourge, so expect more & worse! #red.”Īs a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, in Topeka, Kansas, Phelps-Roper believed that AIDS was a curse sent by God. “Thank God for AIDS!” she tweeted that morning. Megan Phelps-Roper, a twenty-three-year-old legal assistant, seized the opportunity. ![]() On December 1, 2009, to commemorate World AIDS Day, Twitter announced a promotion: if users employed the hashtag #red, their tweets would appear highlighted in red. ![]()
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