{"id":17259,"date":"2017-03-06T21:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=17259"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:53:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:53:51","slug":"grew-westboro-baptist-church-heres-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/03\/grew-westboro-baptist-church-heres-left\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. 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