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WBC member protesting Pope Benedict XVI outside the United Nations in New York City, 2008. Westboro Baptist Church carries out daily picketing in Topeka, Kansas, and travels nationally to picket the funerals of gay victims of crimes or anti-gay attacks, as well as those of people who have died from complications related to AIDS.
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American, unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps.It is widely considered a hate group, [nb 1] and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".
The Westboro Baptist Church issued a press release on March 8 stating that they learned of Snyder's death and that members of the church, including Fred Phelps, planned to travel from Kansas to Maryland in order to picket Snyder's funeral, which was scheduled for March 10 at St. John's Catholic Church in Westminster. [10]
Mar. 5—OWASSO — School and town officials in Owasso are again making plans to ensure student and public safety after leaders of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, Kansas ...
The Westboro Baptist Church took to Twitter in the late afternoon of November 28 to announce that they would be picketing pop star Kim Petras' show at The Truman in Kansas City, Missouri:
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “Westboro Baptist Church is an unwelcome presence.”
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. (November 13, 1929 – March 19, 2014) was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas.
A date for Robin Williams' funeral has not been set, but the Westboro Baptist Church is reportedly gearing up for what many are calling a "disgusting" protest. The hate-spewing Christian group has ...