Difference between revisions of "Westboro Baptist Church"
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Westboro Baptist Church is also famous for its controversial protests against [[homosexuality]]. The name of their [[website]], which contains a vulgar word, reflects this. | Westboro Baptist Church is also famous for its controversial protests against [[homosexuality]]. The name of their [[website]], which contains a vulgar word, reflects this. | ||
| + | Fred Phelps is one of the most extreme religious leaders in the United States and routinely thanks God for natural disasters and military casualities because he believes God is punishing people for tolerating homosexuality. | ||
[[Category:Hate groups]] | [[Category:Hate groups]] | ||
[[Category:Cults]] | [[Category:Cults]] | ||
Revision as of 01:44, December 17, 2007
Westboro Baptist Church is a church led by controversial Democratic gubernatorial and Senate candidate Fred Phelps. The church's members are almost entirely family members and are most famous for their protests and pickets at soldier funerals. Their antics are denounced across almost all spectrums of political and religious thought.
Westboro Baptist Church is also famous for its controversial protests against homosexuality. The name of their website, which contains a vulgar word, reflects this.
Fred Phelps is one of the most extreme religious leaders in the United States and routinely thanks God for natural disasters and military casualities because he believes God is punishing people for tolerating homosexuality.