Westboro Baptist Church
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Westboro Baptist Church is a religious extremist organization supposedly espousing Christian principles. Their pastor is Fred Phelps; they are based in Topeka, Kansas.On one occasion, WBC protesters at a soldier's funeral were mistaken by neoconservative Fox News commentator Sean Hannity as being members of the "anti-war left".
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- God Hates Fags (Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka, KS)
- God Hates America: Westboro Baptist Church commentary on the United States: "We will boldly stay on message: God hates the USA and America is doomed."
- music video: God Hates the World (set to the tune of "We Are the World") may explain some of the thinking behind WBC's bizarre philosophy.
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- 2010-01-29 :more:talk: San Francisco's Answer to Westboro Baptist Church § “Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter's San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters...” more...
- 2005-08-31 :more:talk: Hannity blamed "anti-war left" for protest at soldier's funeral actually organized by anti-gay church § “On the August 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity falsely blamed "the anti-war left" for a protest at the August 28 funeral of Sgt. Jeremy D more...
- 2005-05-06 :more:talk: First shots from the Westboro Baptist Church protest in Durham, NC § “Guess what? No-show for Fred Phelps at the Durham School of the Arts. The gutless, ball-less Rotting Cryptkeeper wasn't there this evening, but plenty of his supporters and children/grandchildr more...
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- serious response sites:
- God Loves Fags (blog)
- humor:
- God Hates Figs: proving by Biblical quotation that the fig is truly a damned fruit
- God Hates Shrimp: the heathen liberal epicurean elite are destroying the sanctity of our nation's seafood restaurants
