The mother of Megan Phelps-Roper is best known as the former spokesperson of a church located in Topeka.
 Her mother is Shirley Phelps-Roper, whose father was the church's founder Fred Phelps. 
 She is best known as the former spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, an organization known for its highly publicized homophobic public protests conducted under the slogan "God Hates Fags." 
