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The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American, unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps.It is widely considered a hate group, [nb 1] and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".
The group was formed in 2005 [13] to shelter and protect the deceased's family against protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church, who claim that the deaths of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are divine retribution for American tolerance of homosexuality. PGR members position themselves to physically shield the mourners from the ...
[4] [5] Her grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the Westboro Baptist Church, a Christian sect based on the members' Calvinist interpretation of the bible and categorized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. [1] [2] Her parents taught her the doctrine of the Westboro Baptist Church sect from an early age. She grew up on a ...
By RYAN GORMAN America's most infamous anti-gay church has reluctantly made peace with a gay rights organization directly across the street. The rainbow-painted Equality House was set up 18 months ...
A date for Robin Williams' funeral has not been set, but the Westboro Baptist Church is reportedly gearing up for what many are calling a "disgusting" protest. The hate-spewing Christian group has ...
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The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), often described as a hate group, [fn 1] was founded by Fred Phelps in 1955 and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. [3] The congregation consists of about "sixty or seventy members", the majority of them being Phelps's children, grandchildren, relatives, and in-laws. [4]
Mar. 5—OWASSO — School and town officials in Owasso are again making plans to ensure student and public safety after leaders of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, Kansas ...