• Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Hello, neighbor to the south. I remember Kevin Smith managed to get one of Shirley’s daughters out of the cult and I think the other daughter left as well

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      4 days ago

      (°▽°)/ Howdy!

      Megan and Grace Phelps-Roper did leave in 2012. Megan I has taken on a more prominent role in activism since leaving.

      I don’t know if Kevin Smith is the reason she left, but they did frequently debate on Twitter while she was still with the church. He made a movie, Red State (2011) which upset the church so they got into it a lot online and when he toured the area.

      After she left the church, he was very supportive of it. I know he interviewed on a podcast a few times, but I haven’t heard those.