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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.
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 ...
Lauren Drain was a member from 2001 until 2007, when she was excommunicated for questioning church doctrine and unauthorized contact with a Connecticut man seeking to learn more about the church. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Following her excommunication, she briefly lived on her own in Topeka, but was haunted by reminders of her banishment from the church and ...
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 ...
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Westboro Baptist Church members with protest signs (2000). The documentary focuses on the Westboro Baptist Church, then headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka, Kansas.Born in 1929 in Meridian, Mississippi, [18] Phelps conducts himself under the belief that he is a prophet chosen by God "to preach his message of hate". [19]
November 27 – Fred Phelps establishes the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. December ... February 24 – Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (d. 2011)