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'''Westboro Baptist Church''', run by extremist [[Fred Phelps]], calls itself Baptist although they are not affiliated with any [[Baptist]] denomination.  The church's members are almost entirely family members and are infamous for their protests and pickets at the funerals of soldiers who died in the line of duty, where they take the opportunity to denounce what they consider to be America's acceptance of [[homosexuality]]. The name of their website reflects this.  Their antics are denounced across almost all spectra of political and religious thought. Their motto is "God Hates Fags".
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'''Westboro Baptist Church''', with its provocative motto "God Hates Fags", is run by extremist [[Fred Phelps]].
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It is not affiliated with any [[Baptist]] denomination.  The church's members are almost entirely family members and are infamous for their protests and pickets at the funerals of soldiers who died in the line of duty, where they take the opportunity to denounce what they consider to be America's acceptance of [[homosexuality]]. The name of their website reflects this.  Their antics are denounced across almost all spectra of political and religious thought. Their motto is "God Hates Fags".
    
Their hatred, and seeking of publicity, goes beyond homosexuality.  They also protested the [[Pope]]'s visit, calling him the [[anti-Christ]].<ref>http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp</ref>  
 
Their hatred, and seeking of publicity, goes beyond homosexuality.  They also protested the [[Pope]]'s visit, calling him the [[anti-Christ]].<ref>http://www.adl.org/special_reports/wbc/default.asp</ref>  
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