9 Worst Funeral Protests By Westboro Baptist Church.. And One Awesome Protest Against Them

The Westboro Baptist Church is a hateful group of people with signs and a lot of time on their hands who show up and protest.. anything. Westboro Baptist Church is known for its catchy slogan God Hates Fags, which is displayed with graphics at every opportunity. Headed by Fred Phelps and made up mostly of his loud family, the "church" is located in Topeka, Kansas.

These 9 despicable protests are just a fraction of Westboro Baptist Church's schedule. Hopefully you can get through the list so you can see the awesome video of a protest against them.

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• Matthew Shepard

  The Westboro Baptist Church first gained national notice at the <a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_fa10936e-cb5b-5170-afd8-e7eaa0a43aa8.html" target="_hplink">funeral of Matthew Shepard</a> who had been robbed, brutally beaten and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming.

• Steve Jobs

  The Westboro Baptist Church threatened to picket <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/westboro-baptist-church-steve-jobs-funeral_n_998032.html" target="_hplink">Steve Jobs' funeral</a> but called it off when the memorial service was held privately.

• Elizabeth Edwards

  The Westboro Baptist Church picketed Elizabeth Edwards' funeral after she <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/elizabeth-edwards-funeral-westboro-baptist-church_n_794333.html" target="_hplink">died of cancer</a>.

• Matthew Snyder

  The Westboro Baptist Church protested Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder after he had died serving his country in Iraq. The protest of the hate group went all the way to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/father-of-dead-marine-ord_n_517614.html" target="_hplink">the Supreme Court</a>.

• Norway Shootings

  While it is not clear that the hate group ever got there they declared their intent in this charming YouTube Video staring the head hater himself who tells the people of Norway -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC3K9ZoU7So" target="_hplink">God Sent the Shooter</a>. Read more about it <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/04/westboro-baptists-church-norway_n_917388.html" target="_hplink">here</a>.

• Illinois Holocaust Museum

  The Westboro Baptist Church protested the Illinois Holocaust Museum <a href="http://skokie.patch.com/articles/update-westboro-baptist-church-protest-at-holocaust-museum" target="_hplink">on the eve of Rosh Hashanah</a>

• Tuscon Shootings

  The Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funerals of victims of Tucson shootings. They agreed not to picket the 9 year old Christina Taylor Green i<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/westboro-baptist-church-arizona-funerals_n_808088.html" target="_hplink">n exchange for air time</a> on a local radio show.

• Michael Jackson

  Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral of recording artist Michael Jackson. Members of Westboro have also recorded a song titled "<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2422138213120376038" target="_hplink">God Hates the World</a>," an adaptation of Jackson's charity single, "We Are the World."

• President Obama Joplin, Missouri after the Tornado

  The Westboro Baptist Church protested in tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/29/nation/la-na-obama-joplin-missouri-20110530" target="_hplink">when President Obama visited</a>.

• Foo Fighters Fight Back

  Read more about it <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/18/foo-fighters-westboro-baptist-church_n_968395.html" target="_hplink">The Foo Fighters vs. Westboro</a>.

Comments

[Acceptance]

09:45 PM on 12/07/2011

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

[cetude]

11:00 PM on 11/16/2011

The Supreme Court said it was legal, so that's that. WBC can sue States who restrict their freedom of speech.

[Kenz300]

01:55 PM on 10/24/2011

Right wing talk radio and FAUX NOISE have created a level of hate speech, intolerance, racism, bullying and incivility now apparent in society. They are not good for society and not good for America. They provide the fuel for the fire.

[abeyasha]

02:00 AM on 10/23/2011

But then it is the Media's (The prince of the power of Air---) duty to cause hatred.

[Kathi Ryan]

01:52 AM on 10/20/2011

Westboro Baptist Church members only wants media attention. How about the media stop giving it to them?

[CapsFan1988]

05:14 PM on 10/17/2011

you know Fred Phelps is getting up there in age, maybe we should organize a group of thousands upon thousands of people to protest his funeral when he dies.

[HawaiiSteve]

10:10 PM on 12/07/2011

Fanned - Sign me up!

[jwb2013]

12:52 PM on 10/17/2011

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species....homophobia in only one. Which one seems un-natural now?

[Kathi Ryan]

01:57 AM on 10/20/2011

"80 countries around the world maintain laws which make homosexuality illegal. In Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, as well as parts of Nigeria and Somalia, homosexual acts are punishable by death."

http://www.avert.org/homophobia.htm

[jwb2013]

08:44 AM on 10/20/2011

ie, 80 countries in the world are bass ackwards.

[TdeyoMN]

10:15 AM on 10/17/2011

They are just lame.

[PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS]

09:56 AM on 10/17/2011

Way past due for a grieving relative to take action and end this madness..............

And all it would take is one juror to make the story have a happy ending............

[glockenspiel323]

02:32 PM on 10/16/2011

Did anyone notice that in pictures 4, 5 and 7, they feature a 10? or 11?
year old kid in the same clothes in all 3 pictures. Strange that a kid at
that age has such strong opinions. Maybe his "Parental Units" are
pushing him into this. (an old SNL skit called "The Coneheads"
features aliens, mom dad and daughter. whenever the daughter
addresses one of them she says "Parental Unit".)

[Dr of psychology]

11:30 AM on 10/16/2011

It is difficult to comprehend how individuals who claims to be "God-fearing" can demonstrate such unecessary hatred towards other humans - regardless of sexual preference, race, or anything else.

According to the Westboro "gang," God said 'we are to love our neighbors as ourselves.' Sadly, however, this group has demonstrated that loving thy neighbor as thyself is often a difficult task simply because many of us do not love ourselves "PROPERLY."

Oftentimes I find myself putting down my pen, tucking away my prescription pad, and simply shaking my head in despair.

[NormdePlume]

04:15 PM on 10/15/2011

I cannot fathom being so filled with h8 that you spend what little time we have on earth doing the vilethings those people do.

[aknishtus]

11:14 AM on 10/15/2011

You never know the extent of hatred until you run into it personally. I came upon these people in New Orleans, they were picketing what seemed to be a gay medical convention at the New Orleans Sheraton. To actually see these vermin in person is like having something filthy reach into your soul. The sensation is overwhelming. The worst thing about it, aside from the fact that they exist at all, is that they use their children to carry signs representing their repugnant abomination. Their worst sin is that they insist on making God a hater. Weren't we taught all our lives that God is Love? They are instruments of evil. "Wolves in sheeps clothing." If Fred Phelps and his execrative daughter Margie told these people to drink the Kool-Aid they would. We can only hope.

[Atwill]

05:51 PM on 10/15/2011

perhaps gay couples should surround them and thier kids and start making out right there infornt of them. Just to see the horrifed look on their faces would be enough for me.

[aknishtus]

09:33 PM on 10/15/2011

Seriously, I think they'd burst into flame! Good idea though.

[jwb2013]

12:55 PM on 10/17/2011

what you homophobes ( ie, closeted gays ) dont get, is love is the foundation of gay relationships. Yet all you can do is imagine the sex. I wonder why that is...not. btw, over 450 species practice homosexuality, and only one homophobia...guess which one is un-natural?

[dennisc443]

11:11 AM on 10/15/2011

I would have preferred the bathroom scene at the urinal wasn't in....

I agree that some people have to stand and be louder and cleaner than the supposed Church people... I would rather than a Church that is based on hate should not continue to have a NON-PROFIT status..

[ever4union6]

04:01 PM on 10/16/2011

Actually no religious institution should have preferential tax treatment.

[sweetlilthing]

09:47 AM on 10/15/2011

It's simple, the entire world disaproves of them so let's not give them any media attention. Any news network who covers them should be criticized.