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'''Westboro Baptist Church''', with its provocative motto "God Hates Fags", is run by extremist [[Fred Phelps]]. | '''Westboro Baptist Church''', with its provocative motto "God Hates Fags", is run by extremist [[Fred Phelps]]. | ||
| − | It is not affiliated with any [[Baptist]] denomination. The church's members are almost entirely family members and are infamous for their protests and pickets at the funerals of soldiers who died in the line of duty, where they take the opportunity to denounce what they consider to be America's acceptance of [[homosexuality]]. The name of their website reflects this. Their antics are denounced across almost all spectra of political and religious thought | + | It is not affiliated with any [[Baptist]] denomination. The church's members are almost entirely family members and are infamous for their protests and pickets at the funerals of soldiers who died in the line of duty, where they take the opportunity to denounce what they consider to be America's acceptance of [[homosexuality]]. The name of their website reflects this. Their antics are denounced across almost all spectra of political and religious thought. |
Their hatred, and seeking of publicity, goes beyond homosexuality. They also protested the [[Pope]]'s visit, calling him the [[anti-Christ]].<ref>http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp</ref> | Their hatred, and seeking of publicity, goes beyond homosexuality. They also protested the [[Pope]]'s visit, calling him the [[anti-Christ]].<ref>http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:29, November 13, 2008
Westboro Baptist Church, with its provocative motto "God Hates Fags", is run by extremist Fred Phelps. It is not affiliated with any Baptist denomination. The church's members are almost entirely family members and are infamous for their protests and pickets at the funerals of soldiers who died in the line of duty, where they take the opportunity to denounce what they consider to be America's acceptance of homosexuality. The name of their website reflects this. Their antics are denounced across almost all spectra of political and religious thought.
Their hatred, and seeking of publicity, goes beyond homosexuality. They also protested the Pope's visit, calling him the anti-Christ.[1]