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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".
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), often described as a hate group, [fn 1] was founded by Fred Phelps in 1955 and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. [3] The congregation consists of about "sixty or seventy members", the majority of them being Phelps's children, grandchildren, relatives, and in-laws. [4]
A member of a group representing Westboro Baptist Church, center, is followed by a coalition of LGBTQ+ organizations and supporters using Pride-themed umbrellas as shields in a counter-protest ...
By RYAN GORMAN America's most infamous anti-gay church has reluctantly made peace with a gay rights organization directly across the street. The rainbow-painted Equality House was set up 18 months ...
The ADL describes the Westboro Baptist Church as being "virulently homophobic", but according to the ADL, its anti-homosexual rhetoric is often a cover for antisemitism, anti-Americanism, racism, and anti-Catholicism. [152] The SPLC added the Westboro Baptist Church to its list of hate groups in 2010. [153] [154] [155]
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 ...
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.