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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray arrives to speak in front of the Baptist Ministers’ Convention at Johnson Memorial Baptist Church in Southeast, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 24, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Fred Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka in 1955, and it is known for denouncing homosexuality and protesting at soldiers' funerals. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this March 19, 2006 file photo, Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. preaches at his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Phelps, who founded a Kansas church that’s widely known for its protests at military funerals and anti-gay sentiments, is being cared for in a Shawnee County facility according to Westboro Baptist Church spokesman Steve Drain on Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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FILE - In this March 19, 2006 file photo, Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. preaches at his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Phelps, who founded a Kansas church that’s widely known for its protests at military funerals and anti-gay sentiments, is being cared for in a Shawnee County facility according to Westboro Baptist Church spokesman Steve Drain on Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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A flat bed tractor and trailer crashed into he side of the First Baptist Church in Center Star, Alabama, Monday March 10, 2014, pinning the driver inside.(AP Photo/Times Daily, Matt McKean)
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Fire fighters climb out of huge hole caused by flat bed tractor and trailer that crashed into he side of the First Baptist Church in Center Star, Alabama, Monday March 10, 2014, pinning the driver inside.(AP Photo/Times Daily, Matt McKean)
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church members dressed in white participate in a symbolic "Exit Ceremony" out of their sanctuary at the conclusion of their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church deacons line up to participate in a symbolic "Exit Ceremony" out of their sanctuary at the conclusion of their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church members participate in a symbolic "Exit Ceremony" out of their sanctuary at the conclusion of their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church members members place their hands on each other while Rev. R.K. Turner prayers at the beginning a symbolic "Exit Ceremony" out of their sanctuary at the conclusion of their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church members participate in a symbolic "Exit Ceremony" out of their sanctuary at the conclusion of their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Mount Vernon Baptist Church member Lanet Stanley-Turner, left, hugs and Edna Andrews after their final worship service on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Atlanta. It was the last time members will gather at the church to make room for the Falcons new stadium. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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In this photo taken on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014, Gil Knight, member of the Fox Run Model RailRoad Club, points to a model of the Novi Baptist Church he created as part of a recreation of Novi's Pere Marquette railroad line being built at the Fox Run Retirement community in Novi, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Max Ortiz) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
