Baptism of fire for family extremists; LOUIS THEROUX - THE MOST HATED FAMILY IN AMERICA SUNDAY, BBC2, 9pm.Louis Theroux Louis Sebastian Theroux (born 20 May 1970) is a British broadcaster holding both British and US citizenship, best known for his television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met… Biography Theroux was born in Singapore, returns with more incredible insights into the weird world in which we live. And this week, well, it's as weird as it's ever been, meeting a family of religious extremists who bear out the old saying 'Only in America...'. "God is your enemy," reads one of the plackards they wield at a funeral. 'You will eat your babies," screams another. "God hates fags." These are not typical Christian messages but the fire and brimstone fire and brimstone n. 1. The punishment of hell. 2. Homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishment of hell. Noun 1. preachings of the Phelps family who make up almost all of the 71 members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas This article is about the state capital of Kansas. For other uses, see Topeka (disambiguation). Topeka is the capital of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, which is named after the Shawnee Indians. . Probably the most controversial church in America, it is where Louis spent three weeks trying to fathom why they have created such a strange ministry. Since the Iraq war, this church has become infamous for picketing the funerals of dead soldiers as their protest against an America that "tolerates homosexuality". And six-year-old Noah wields a banner with the message "Thank God for 9/11". Shocking stuff. CAPTION(S): INSIGHT: Louis Theroux |
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