Westboro Baptist Church News
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Last week, the news of Panic! at The Disco's response to a Westboro Baptist protest of their Kansas City tour stop traveled like wildfire. Frontman, Brendon Urie, announced the band would donate $20 to HRC for every picketer.
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Since 84-year-old Fred Phelps, founder and former leader of the twisted organization that calls itself the Westboro Baptist Church, passed away late Wednesday evening, many people are breathing a sigh of relief.
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Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, has died at the age of 84. Tim Phelps, his son, made the announcement Thursday.
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The status of being an idol has landed Lorde in hot water with the Westboro Baptist Church. The Church plan to "warn the living" and protest the Kiwi singer-songwriter at her Kansas concert this week.
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Topeka -
The controversial Fred Phelps Sr, founder of Westboro Baptist Church and "God Hates Fags", is reportedly near death in a hospice facility in Topeka, Kansas.
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The Satanic Temple, a NY-based group seeking to foster "benevolence and empathy among all people" through Satan, performed a "Pink Mass" at the Mississippi grave of Catherine Idalette Johnston, mother of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Jr.
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Topeka -
The Westboro Baptist Church witnessed a gay marriage ceremony that took place across from their premises Saturday. Kimberly Kidwell, 31, married Katie Short in a wedding ceremony conducted on the front lawn of the rainbow-painted Equality House in Topeka.
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The Westboro Baptist Church, the group that gained notoriety for picketing funerals of servicemen and recently Boston Marathon victims, has linked the Oklahoma tornado to Jason Collins's decision to come out and Kevin Durant's support of the decision.
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Boston -
The controversial Westboro Baptist Church has vowed to picket the funerals of those killed in the Boston Marathon blasts.
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Topeka -
The granddaughter of the most infamous clergyman in the country has decided to leave her family's church and apologizes for her family's hateful behavior.
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Washington -
A petition drive to have Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) labeled as a hate group continues to gain steam, as well as a petition calling for the group to be stripped of their non-profit status.
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A White House petition to mark the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) as a hate group is currently the most popular petition with almost 300K signatures.
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Newtown -
The Fox News website has raised eyebrows and ire by falsely accusing the Westboro Baptist Church of being a "left-wing" organization.
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Newtown -
Two days after Anonymous revealed Westboro Baptist Church's (WBC) plan to protest the funerals of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims, members of the law enforcement and firefighting community decided to step in.
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Topeka -
The hactivist group Anonymous is continuing its campaign against Westboro Baptist Church, targeting Twitter accounts and even the church's internet and cable accounts.
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The hacker group Anonymous has targeted the website of Westboro Baptist Church after the church announced plans to protest Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Newtown -
A church in Newtown, which has been used for vigils in honor and memory of the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary, had to be evacuated due to a bomb threat.
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There is outrage over the Westboro Baptist Church's plans for a praise gathering outside of Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut.
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Oak Creek -
The news about a shooting at the Sikh Temple just outside of Milwaukee in Oak Creek, Wisconsin was just airing when Margie Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church took to Twitter, "God sent another shooter?"
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Aurora -
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Saturday that they plan to picket a prayer vigil for victims of the Aurora massacre. A "wall of love" was formed on Sunday to keep the Wesboro church members from the vigil, but they failed to show up.
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Los Angeles -
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church are trying to rally members around a planned protest outside the funeral of Sage Stallone.
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Nate Phelps used to be a member of his father's anti-LGBT God-fearing Westboro Baptist Church, and he recently answered questions from online readers to explain why he left the Church and what motivated him to become an atheist.
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Controversial conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh has been offered sponsorship by the Westboro Baptist Church after he lost almost all other sponsorship.
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Los Angeles -
Five members of the Westboro Baptist Church arrived in Hollywood, CA on Sunday to picket the Academy Awards. They believe that the awards show glorifies idolatry and sin.
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Los Angeles -
Westboro Baptist Church has announced its plan to picket the Oscars saying the entertainment industry promotes filth, sin, and rebellion against God's commandments.
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Newark -
A picture tweeted by Margie Phelps on Twitter depicting what appears to be Westboro Baptist Church protest signs outside the Whitney Houston funeral has created a stir on the Internet after it was declared fake by several news media outlets.
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Westfield -
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, known for its radical demonstrations at the funerals of soldiers, celebrities, and homosexuals, has announced their plans to picket outside the funeral of music superstar Whitney Houston.
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Beverly Hills -
On Sunday, members from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church came to California to picket the Golden Globe Awards show. They believe that popular movies and TV shows push the homosexual agenda, and that these awards shows further glorify it.
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Dallas -
The Westboro Baptist Church will continue their round of bowl game protests with an appearance scheduled for today at Cowboy Stadium where the Arkansas Razorbacks will take on the Kansas State Wildcats in the 76th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
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Members from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church picketed outside Beaver Stadium just before the start of a Penn State football game on Saturday. They were protesting the school's supposed cover-up of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Westboro Baptist Church- a Topeka Kansas based anti-gay hate group.
Members of Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate at the Virginia Holocaust Museum on March 2, 2010 JCWilmore
Panic! at The Disco: New t-shirt to benefit the Human Rights Campaig Panic! at The Disco / HRC
Westboro Baptist Church picket at a synagogue in Charleston, WV
A counter-protester holds up a sign while the Westboro Baptist Church pickets the Golden Globe Awards.
A counter-protester displays their sign.
Kim Hartman - St. John's Episcopal Church of Charleston, West Virginia
Westboro Baptist Church - Shirley Phelps-Roper- Charleston, WV
This sign references the late Steve Jobs.
Whitney Houston funeral picture altered to appear like Westboro Baptist Church picket signs after WBC threatens picket, taunts media and counter-protesters. Margie J. Phelps Twitter
File photo: Many Christians, especially fundamentalists, believe being gay is a "sin" and that "God" has condemned unrepentant homosexuals to "hell." Stephen Luke/Flickr Creative Commons
Rachel Hockenbarger displays her signs while picketing the Golden Globe Awards.
Flag waving counter-protesters were small in number but large in smiles and laughter when Westboro Baptist Church showed up to picket in Charleston, WV
Margie Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church, shows her protest signs. One of them is a depiction of the late Whitney Houston.
Westboro Baptist Church members at a protest in Charleston WV, where they waved signs reading God Hates Dead Miners, after the 2010 mining disaster that rocked the coal state.
Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church displays a sign during the Oscars picket.
A group of counter-protesters
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