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Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, says he also believes hate is a necessary part of his message.
"It educates these children, I'll tell you," Reverend Phelps said, gesturing to a girl holding a "Save the Gerbils" sign. He said most of the children traveling with him are his grandchildren.
But now, Reverend Phelps said, Gore has "taken up with the anti-Christ Clinton." Phelps said Gore has recently endorsed DeGeneres, the star of the television show "Ellen" who announced her homosexuality this year.
"So we said well, now we have to preach to get [him] back to the Lord," Phelps said.
Reverend Phelps was ordained by the Southern Baptist Church in 1947, but said that his church is no longer affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. He described the organization as "an old-school Baptist church."