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As might be expected, Westboro Baptist Church has declared a full-blown hate-fest against St. Patrick’s Day and its accompanying worldwide celebrations. The only interruption is some redundant posts about the news that founder Fred Phelps is on the “edge of death,” as reported by his son. [read more here] The group had originally applied to […]
The Westboro Baptist Church staged protests at Missouri’s basketball game against Tennessee on Saturday to protest the Tiger’s support of defensive end Michael Sam’s recent announcement that he is gay. However, the group was met by hundreds of students who formed a human wall to counter-protest the WBC’s efforts. KRCG 13 reports that: Mizzou sophomores […]
This past Sunday, July 14, top officials from the New York-based Satanic Temple traveled to the grave site of the mother of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps in order to stage a formal ceremony celebrating same-sex unions. Photos of the ceremony are publicly available on the new Satanic Temple-operated website, www.westboro-baptists.com, where The Satanic […]
VICE followed the story of the Westboro Baptist Church as families split and children were brainwashed into picketing funerals and bashing homosexuals. During that time, VICE interviewed more than a dozen members of the reviled group, including some of the only members not related by blood, the Drains. They welcomed the filmmakers into their homes […]
The White House has responded to several petitions asking that the Westboro Baptist Church be declared a hate group. In addition to the official written response (below) the White House posted a GIF illustrating the country’s common loathing for Westboro Baptist Church. Official White House Response to Legally recognize Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group […]