“I tell you, my friends, it's a sin to pray for the USA.”

— Fred Phelps

"Sermon_20010914.mp3". WBC Download Center http://downloads.westborobaptistchurch.com/. Westboro Baptist Church. September 14, 2001 <br class="br">2000s, God Hates America (2001) <br class="br">Context: I tell you, my friends, it's a sin to pray for the USA. And nobody that's intelligent, and that fears God, will fly the American flag any way but upside-down, the international signal of distress... It's too late to pray for the USA.

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American pastor and activist 1929–2014

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