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WATCH: Ex-Westboro Member Breaks Down After Being Confronted By Woman Affected By Picketing

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 05.09.2013 | Gay Voices
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Yesterday, ex-Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) member Libby Phelps-Alvarez appeared on Anderson Cooper's "Anderson Live" to discuss growing up in the WBC...

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Anti-Gay Church Vows NBA Protest In Wake Of Jason Collins' Coming Out

Posted 05.01.2013 | Gay Voices
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Jason Collins has never played for the Houston Rockets or the Oklahoma City Thunder, but that won't stop the Westboro Baptist Church from vowing to pr...

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WATCH: Kansas LGBT Community And Allies Rally Against Westboro Baptist Church

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 05.01.2013 | Gay Voices
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A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents and allies in Topeka, Kansas, recently took to the streets to protest against the W...

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15 Times Westboro Bailed On Its Own Protests

Posted 04.23.2013 | Religion
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The Westboro Baptist Church may be notorious for its vitriolic statements and insensitive protests, but the hate-mongering group has also made a habit...

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Krystle Campbell Funeral To Be Guarded From Westboro Protesters By Boston Teamsters

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
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Krystle Campbell, one of the three people who died in last week's Boston Marathon bombing, will have her funeral protected by a "human shield" of Team...

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Former Westboro Baptist Church Member Becomes Gay Rights Advocate

Posted 04.16.2013 | Gay Voices
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The granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps sounds off on why she left the controversial church, which is known for its extreme v...

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Church Plans Protest At 'Fag Enabler' Roger Ebert's Funeral

Posted 04.08.2013 | Gay Voices
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Roger Ebert's Chicago funeral will reportedly be picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. According to The Hollywood Reporter, members ...

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Ex-Westboro Member: Church Called African Americans 'DNs,' For 'Dumb N--'

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics
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Nate Phelps, son of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, sheds new light on his father's inflammatory rhetoric in a British newspaper intervie...

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We Prayed 'For People To Die'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 02.06.2013 | Politics
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In March 2009, Libby Phelps Alvarez left the Westboro Baptist Church, saying goodbye to a life of picketing the funerals of dead soldiers and holding ...

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Despite Backlash, Conservative Group Has No Regrets About Protest

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 01.22.2013 | Politics
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A Western Pennsylvania conservative group hung an American flag upside down on Monday in protest of President Barack Obama's second inauguration, and ...

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Westboro Baptist Church Protest Fails

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics
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Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest Obama's second inauguration today, but their signs outnumbered the people holding them. After receivin...

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Westboro Targeted Again

Patch | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics
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Without fanfare Monday, Creve Coeur City Council members gave final passage to an ordinance to ban protests knowingly taking place within 300 feet of ...

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WATCH: Jeff Ross Mocks Westboro Baptist Church Right To Their Face

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 01.14.2013 | Comedy
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Warning, video contains some NSFW language Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross has no shortage of material when it comes to the Westboro Baptist Church, but o...

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Things Don't Go As Planned For Westboro Members At Maryland Gay Marriage Protest

Posted 01.02.2013 | Gay Voices
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Same-sex Maryland couples planning to tie the knot were greeted by anti-gay marriage protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church outside the Annapolis...

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A Nation United Against Westboro Baptist Church

Posted 12.28.2012 | Politics
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2012 was a year frequently marked by division and polarized political conflict. But when it came to the actions of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist C...

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Former Westboro Baptist Church Member: They Should Be Barred From Funerals

Posted 12.20.2012 | HuffPost Live 321
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Nate Phelps, the son of Westboro Baptist Church's founder Fred Phelps, appeared on HuffPost Live Wednesday to discuss the controversial organization's...

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Dem: Westboro Motive Is 'More Press'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics
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The city councilman who represents the Westboro Baptist Church and the site of Sunday night's murder of two Topeka, Kan., police officers is sending a...

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Westboro Fortunes Reversed By Court

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
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ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church, a federal app...

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Westboro Baptist Candidate Calls Sam Brownback 'Lacking On Moral Issues'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 10.04.2012 | Politics
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Jack Wu, the Westboro Baptist Church member running for the Kansas Board of Education, says that one of the nation's leading anti-abortion governors i...

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Westboro Candidate's Misstep

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics
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A Republican candidate for the Kansas Board of Education, Jack Wu, who is a member of Fred Phelps' controversial Westboro Baptist Church, is being acc...

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Bad News For Westboro Baptist Church

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
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California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation Monday restricting protests at funerals, a year after vetoing a similar bill due to concerns over f...

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Westboro Members Clash In Tampa

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 10.28.2012 | Politics
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TAMPA, Fla. — Police officers in riot gear broke up a scuffle outside the Republican National Convention on Tuesday between anti-GOP protesters ...

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Westboro Sets It Sights On 2013's LGBT 'Geek And Gaming' Convention

Posted 08.16.2012 | Gay Voices
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After years of picketing the funerals of celebrities as well as U.S. servicemen, the Westboro Baptist Church now has its sights set on GaymerCon. ...

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Westboro Baptist Church Reacts To Obama's Smackdown

The Huffington Post | Ethan Klapper | Posted 08.08.2012 | Politics
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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church once again took to Twitter to react to the new law signed by President Barack Obama on Monday that will restric...

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Obama Signs Law Criminalizing Westboro's Weapon Of Choice

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics
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President Barack Obama signed the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 into law on Monday, providing a wide-...

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