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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• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia: not even Conservapedia has anything positive to say about them
• dKosopedia
• SourceWatch no equivalent article (as of 2008-03-13)

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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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• 2008-10-31 :more:talk: Running from hell § a glimpse into the hell that is Westboro Baptist Church through the eyes of Fred Phelps's son Nate 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...
• 2005-05-11 :more:talk: The Gospel as preached on North Duke Street § “The controversy, by now, is familiar. It follows the stage play The Laramie Project wherever it goes, in incendiary press releases, invariably from Topeka, Kan., to the local media. .. 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