The Most Hated Family in America Page #2

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It's a religious group

that exercises an inordinate amount

of control over its members.

You have to have other things also.

Brainwashing and a charismatic

leader at the top? Maybe Fred

Phelps, your father, could qualify.

I don't care

about all that nonsense.

We're the ones who are adhering

to the doctrines of faith of all

mainline religions. They're not.

So what else you got?

'To help her run the ministry,

Shirley relies on her two

eldest daughters, Megan and Bekah.'

This is Bekah's room, OK. I don't

see any posters of pop bands. No.

Can we look in your closet?

I guess you can.

You have quite a lot of clothes.

Yeah, pretty much. Are there rules

about what you can wear? Modesty.

Our parents don't have to tell us.

We know what we can wear.

We know what's appropriate. How

do the girls at your school dress?

One word - whore. Do you agree?

We know what's appropriate. How

people at your school think of you?

They hate us, but we're nice

to everyone. Why do they hate you?

Because they hate the message. We

We know what's appropriate. How

Shall we do the next room? Yes.

So, basically,

your circle of friends is mainly

or exclusively limited to people

who are part of this church? Yeah.

Do you have any friends

outside this group?

No true friends. Friendship

with the world is enmity with God.

May I ask if you've had boyfriends?

No, we haven't. No.

Why not? Because in this life

we're not about serving ourselves.

we're not about serving ourselves.

It's a temptation that's not needed

and it takes up time we don't have.

When you come on with a lot

of this stuff about the Bible,

some might think you're arrogant.

that is a clear indication

that they hate God's word

and that they're headed for Hell.

that they hate God's word

# We're marching, we're marching

# We are marching, Lord

# We're marching, we're marching

'The end of my first day at the

church and during a choir practice,

I had a moment to reflect.'

# The beautiful city of God... #

'I felt I had been bombarded

with religious rhetoric

'and it was preventing me

from getting to know

the church members as people.

'With the girls especially,

I sensed there was another side

to their story

'and I was curious to know more.'

# Beautiful

# Beautiful city

# A beautiful city

'niece to Shirley,

cousin to Megan and Bekah,

'and in her day job,

'It would be a chance to meet

another of the younger women

Hi. How are you? Good.

Can we come in? Uh-huh.

Can you show us around?

This is the computer study area.

This is a picture of the girls in

the church when they were younger.

Let's see that.

Who's that? Cathy. She's gone? Yes.

And who's that? This is Betty,

this is Fred Junior's wife.

This is my Aunt Liz. This is Dot.

She's gone? Right.

This is Becky. That's my grandma.

This is her daughter Sharon

who has also gone.

This is her daughter Sharon

Is everyone else gonna stay?

Everybody else? Yeah.

Yeah. As far as we know.

I think so. Are you gonna stay?

Yes. Do you like it? I love it.

Do you? Yes, I really do.

As far as you're concerned,

those people that have gone away,

they're going to Hell? Yeah.

What if you don't believe

in the Bible? You're going to Hell.

So I'm going to Hell?

Yes, Louis, you're going to Hell.

You are.

Anyway, this is my room.

Ta-da! There's pictures everywhere.

What is this one? You like it?

Yeah. It's the Wrath of God

as revealed from Heaven.

Do you think that's

what it might look like

when the Scripture is fulfilled?

That kind of thing, natural

disasters, it's gonna be so awesome.

Has there ever been a time

when you felt, um, tempted?

I don't want to talk about that.

I don't think it's appropriate.

I won't dwell on anything

inappropriate if I can help it.

I won't dwell on anything

gonna answer that question!

We're going to seek that which is

good and abhor that which is evil.

That's why we're not gonna dwell

and tell you about every single sin

we ever did in our life.

I don't think that'll ever happen.

That's why we're not gonna dwell

Why wouldn't that happen?

Are you kidding me?

Because I'm Jael Phelps and

I serve God, that's why. That's why.

And I'm not gonna go seeking after

that because it's foolishness.

Your father Jonathan got married.

Your grandfather, Gramps, he got

married. Shirley got married.

Your grandfather, Gramps, he got

Why should you be any different?

Louis, we're living in the last of

the last days. Time is very short.

Times are very different than 15

years ago. There could be someone...

Yes, but I'm not gonna plan it.

I'm not gonna seek after it

and I'm not gonna dwell on it.

That's not my interest.

It's not my focus.

This is so silly. I don't wanna talk

about it any more.

OK?

So I don't wanna go there.

'That afternoon, I had

an appointment to see Steve Drain.

I'm Louis. Hi, Louis...

'As his service to the church,

Steve handles online media

'and is an all-round helper

to the man he now calls Gramps.'

You wanna see how we make signs?

The famous signs. "God hates fags."

'But in his old life, I heard

he and I had something in common.'

Is it true that you first came here

as a documentary film-maker? Yes.

You brought your family here

from Florida? Mm-hm. Are you glad

you did that? Absolutely.

It's the only thing I can say I'm

really glad that I did. Really? Hmm.

Is Gramps a disciple of God?

Anybody who is an ambassador from

God, preaching a sincere message,

Is Gramps a disciple of God?

is a prophet and Gramps is a prophet,

as are all these other people here.

Is Gramps a disciple of God?

as are all these other people here.

So these are some of the ones...

Some of these are kind of random?

They're not random. This one...

Liz Taylor? Course she's

a fag lover. Course she is!

Desmond Tutu? How do you choose...?

He lies about the Scripture

every time he opens his mouth!

How do you choose who to make signs

about? There's no logic here.

He lies about the Scripture

a fag lover. Course she is!

There's plenty of logic. Anybody

in the news who supports the filthy

fag agenda, we'll make a sign about.

homosexuality before you came here?

No. What was your feeling...?

I embraced the philosophy of

libertarianism. I was a genius. It

was OK to be gay? I was a genius.

What is this? Look at this.

That's a little offensive.

To who? People in Britain

consider her an icon.

Princess Diana? She'll be in Hell

for all of eternity. I can't believe

my ears. Oh, my goodness gracious!

'In addition to the funeral

pickets, the church also does

a multitude of local pickets

chosen by the pastor.'

So where are we actually going to

now? We're going to a picket

here at the Jew Church.

here at the Jew Church.

The...? What did you say?

The Jew Church.

That sounds anti-Semitic. They

The rectum? Yeah, the rectum. That

sounds insane when you say that.

They worship that which they desire.

It's an expression of the flesh.

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