Former Westboro Member Poses for NOH8 Campaign

[Aegrus]

It is good that this person has seen the Westboro Baptist Church for what it is, (a hateful organisation), and has learned to respect people instead of hating them. I am glad.

I agree with the "cult" definition. As far as I understand, it was essentially a single family with the dad as the boss/preacher (?).

Society should just have ignored them, and they would have gonme away, like all irritants. The only reason they got media coverage at all, was to allow the media to besmirch Christianity.

I agree, aside from the besmirth Christianity part. I don't think that giving them media attention is a good idea. They seem to think of ad revenue on their website as a blessing from god, even if everyone who actually visits their site hates them.

Now, as for the besmirth Christianity bit, most media as far as I know has done a good job of separating them from conventional modern religion.