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WATCH: Westboro Baptist Church Pickets Missouri High School

Posted 02.06.2012

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A Missouri high school was the scene of the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church's latest protest, but witnesses say counter protesters vastly...

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PHOTO: Westboro Baptist Church Member's Clueless Outfit Choice

Posted 12.13.2011

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One particularly hapless member of the Westboro Baptist Church -- which is known for its extreme stance against homosexuality -- was recently snapped ...

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Westboro Baptist Leader Tweets Picket Of Steve Jobs Funeral... From An iPhone

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 12.06.2011

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Steve Jobs' death has garnered a number of reactions, but none as bizarre as this. Westboro Baptist Church leader Margie J. Phelps has announced th...

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The Oddest of Bedfellows: My Relationship with the Westboro Baptist Church

Ben Patrick Johnson | Posted 12.02.2011

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Ben Patrick Johnson

I found myself in a symbiotic relationship with Westboro. Their goals were served by my drawing attention to them. And I had found an ideal "villain" whose positions are utterly unpalatable.

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Westboro Baptist Church Attended FBI Training Sessions

AP | By PETE YOST | Posted 08.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The FBI said Wednesday that members of an anti-gay fundamentalist group participated in the bureau's training of police officers and FBI...

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WATCH: Lisa Lampanelli Bests Westboro Baptist Church

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 07.23.2011

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The Westboro Baptist Church may have met its match in Lisa Lampanelli, longtime supporter of gay rights and Comedy's "lovable Queen of Mean." Lampa...

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Westboro Ruling: The Bad and the Uglier for the Greater Good

Roy S. Gutterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roy S. Gutterman

For every Westboro Church protest, there is a debate on legitimate public policy or government abuse that also demands protection.

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Arizona Legislature To Announce Anti-Westboro Law To Protect Shooting Victims

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arizona's state legislature has announced a legislative effort to combat the infamous Westboro Baptist Church's plans to picket the funerals of the sh...

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Anti-Gay Church To Protest Elizabeth Edwards Funeral

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church will be dispatching members of its congregation to protest the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards this Saturday, CNN re...

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Fred Phelps' Hatemongering and the First Amendment

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Phelps and his "church" are the ones who arrive at various places and events all across the country, waving hate-filled signs which convey his belief that God hates the US, homosexuals, the U.S. military, and dead American soldiers.

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Westboro Baptist Church Protests Outside Obama Girls' School

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group that travels around the country holding anti-gay rallies, protested outside the school attended by President Oba...

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