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Megan Phelps leaves WBC, quotes Catwoman on the way out

Last November, there were two major defections from the Westboro Baptist Church— Megan Phelps, granddaughter of founder Fred Phelps and her sister, Grace. Since they’ve left the church, they’ve tried to figure out a normal life, but recently Megan spoke up about her life in the WBC and quoting Catwoman in doing so.

Megan has largely been quiet since parting ways with her old life. This is unusual because Megan was very much a leader in WBC, spearheading its social media outreach and often acting as a spokesperson for the church. Many even thought that she might even be a leader in the church someday. But her surprising departure is not so surprising once you hear her reasons why. In fact, an article found here by Jeff Chu, author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America, spells them out pretty good. The reason this comes to the attention of Nerd Bastards today is this quote here:

“There’s no fresh start in today’s world. Any twelve-year-old with a cell phone could find out what you did. Everything we do is collated and quantified. Everything sticks.”

The line was said by Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) in The Dark Knight Rises, her justification for continuing to make a career as a thief rather than try to get out of the business. Megan opens a blog post quoting the line in an online comment posted today. In it, Megan talks about her and her sister’s difficulty in making a clean break from the only life they’ve ever known, and their anticipation looking forward at the unknowable road ahead.

“Up until now, our names have been synonymous with ‘God Hates Fags,’” she writes. “Any twelve-year-old with a cell phone could find out what we did. We hope Ms. Kyle was right about the other part, too, though – that everything sticks – and that the changes we make in our lives will speak for themselves.”

Read more at Megan’s blog

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