Westboro Protests

Westboro Baptist Church Bails On Whitney Houston's Funeral But Tweets Photoshopped Image Of Protest

Posted 02.20.2012

Westboro Baptist Church members had vowed to picket Whitney Houston's funeral this weekend in Newark, but numerous media outlets reported that no one ...

WATCH: Westboro Baptist Church Pickets Missouri High School

Posted 02.06.2012

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

Westboro Baptist Church To Protest Joe Paterno's Funeral

Posted 01.24.2012

Shortly after Joe Paterno's death was announced Sunday, the daughter of Westboro Baptist Church Pastor Fred Phelps announced via Twitter that members ...

Westboro Baptist Church Member Endorses Heterosexual Sodomy And... Obama?

Reggie Cameron | Posted 03.24.2012

Reggie Cameron

Following Newt Gingrich's victory in the South Carolina primary, Timothy Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church spoke with me about gay marriage and, among other things, which candidate their church endorses in the 2012 presidential election.

PHOTO: Westboro Baptist Church Member's Clueless Outfit Choice

Posted 12.13.2011

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

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

Posted 12.12.2011

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 Bap...

Westboro Baptist Church To Picket Ryan Dunn's Funeral

Posted 08.22.2011

Westboro Baptist Church, the radical Kansas group famously responsible for protests at the funerals of gay rights supporters and innocent children ali...

WATCH: Lisa Lampanelli Bests Westboro Baptist Church

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 07.23.2011

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...

Michael McAuliff

Senators Try To Bar Military Funeral Protests

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.14.2011

WASHINGTON -- The controversial, gay-hating Westboro Baptist Church would be restricted from holding its inflammatory protests outside the funerals of...

Snyder v. Phelps: In the Court of Public Opinion, Snyder Wins

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Swenson

Legal scholars and others will agree or disagree on the fine points of the law, but in the battle for hearts and minds, Al Snyder won the day he took a stand.

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

Roy S. Gutterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Roy S. Gutterman

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

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Care-Less?

Birute Regine | Posted 05.25.2011

Birute Regine

What do tea baggers, big banks, and the followers of Westboro Baptist Church have in common? A stunted view of morality. The Tea party waves the flag...

Fred Phelps and a Tale of Two Matts

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Swenson

In the 12 years between Matthew Shepard's funeral, and a Supreme Court case about Matthew Snyder's funeral, Americans' attitudes toward their gay neighbors have changed. It seems the Phelps family are the only ones who haven't.

Judge Sides With Westboro Church On Flag Mutilation At Military Funerals

AP | TIMBERLY ROSS | Posted 05.25.2011

OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge overturned Nebraska's ban on flag mutilation Thursday, clearing the way for Kansas church protesters to continue t...

Kathleen Sebelius Condemns Westboro Protestors, Roots For Dead Marine's Father (VIDEO)

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sharply criticized on Wednesday the anti-gay protesters who come to military funerals bearing me...

Westboro Church Protests Head To Supreme Court

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflamm...

Westboro Baptist Church Protests White House, Calls Obama 'Antichrist' (VIDEO)

Campus Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Earlier today, the Westboro Baptist Church, a Topeka, Kansas-based notorious anti-gay hate group infamous for protesting the funerals of U.S. soldiers...

Church Ordered To Pay $11 Million For Protesting At Iraq Soldier's Funeral

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Members of a fundamentalist Kansas church ordered to pay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father smiled as they walked out of the courtroom...