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1995: Anti-Gay Minister Speaks at Church, Invited by White Supremacist Leader

Lawyer and ordained minister Fred Phelps, the leader of the virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas (see November 27, 1955 and After), speaks at the Indianapolis Baptist Temple at the invitation of Pastor Greg Dixon, a leader in the local antigovernment, white supremacist “Patriot” movement. [Jeremy Leaming, 5/26/2000; Southern Poverty Law Center, 4/2001]