Phelps-Roper practices law for Phelps-Chartered Co., the Phelps family's law firm established by her father in 1964. According to her firm's web page, she has been licensed to practice in Kansas and federal courts. She and other family members have become known for picketing at funerals of
AIDS victims with signs such as "God hates fags" and at
funeral processions for American soldiers killed in combat. In 2006, in the aftermath of the
West Nickel Mines School shooting, Phelps-Roper was invited to
Hannity & Colmes on
Fox News. During the interview,
Alan Colmes questioned Phelps-Roper as to whether the five
Amish girls deserved to die, to which she responded that they did, prompting condemnation by Colmes and co-host
Sean Hannity who called her sick and evil. In February 2008, Phelps-Roper traveled to the community of
DeKalb, Illinois, to picket memorials for the victims of the
Northern Illinois University shooting. Phelps-Roper said that "God [had] sent
the shooter" because they "don't love Christ". Her plans, however, to picket other university memorials were blocked. By 2014, Phelps-Roper's duties as spokesperson for the Westboro Church had been reduced after a power struggle within the church, and her authority transferred to an all-male board of
elders.
Legal issues Phelps-Roper was arrested on June 5, 2007, on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police alleged that she allowed her son to trample an American flag while protesting the funeral of a soldier in
Bellevue, Nebraska, which is a misdemeanor in the state. Phelps-Roper announced her intent to challenge the constitutionality of the Nebraska statute. The charges against her were dropped when she agreed to dismiss pending lawsuits filed against Sarpy County in state and federal court. Phelps-Roper was named a defendant in the Supreme Court case
Snyder v. Phelps. She has been placed on the
list of individuals banned from entering the United Kingdom for "fostering extremism or hatred". ==Personal life==