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Westboro to picket Boston funerals, blames ‘fag marriage’ for bombings
The anti-LGBT Westboro Baptist Church has blamed Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon on same sex marriage and has promised to protest at the funerals of the victims. In a press release posted to Twitter, Westboro thanked God for the attack and announced its plan to “picket the funeral of…
The true story behind the new rainbow house across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church
On Melissa Harris-Perry’s eponymous show on Saturday, she brought viewers up to speed on the now-infamous rainbow-painted house that sits across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church, most famous for its anti-gay activism. Aaron Jackson, the man behind the house, is the co-founder of the group Planting Peace —…
House across from Westboro Baptist Church turned into massive tribute to LGBT pride
Aaron Jackson, co-founder of the charity group Planting Peace, explained his new Equality House project to The Huffington Post on Tuesday. The house, which is directly across the street from the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, is being painted the colors of the rainbow, a symbol of LGBT pride. “I…
27-year-old granddaughter leaves Westboro Baptist: ‘We’ve done things to hurt people’
‘We’ve done things that hurt people’ says 27-year-old, who is leaving anti-gay organisation with her sister Grace One of the most prominent members of the Westboro Baptist church has left it after spending her life as part of the fervently anti-gay movement. Megan Phelps-Roper, who looked after social media for…
Anonymous member: We aim to take Westboro Baptist Church offline permanently
A nameless member of the hacker activist group “Anonymous” took credit on Wednesday for releasing a trove of information pertaining to members of the Westboro Baptist Church and claimed his group is planning to permanently wipe the hate group off the Internet. “We’re starting out with their websites,” the person…
Anonymous vows to ‘destroy’ Westboro Baptist Church over Sandy Hook picket plans
Update (below): Westboro spokesperson’s Twitter account hijacked Second update (below): Westboro spokesperson responds to ‘Anonymous’ Third update (below): Westboro website taken offline Members of the hacker collective “Anonymous” published a trove of information over the weekend purporting to be the individual names, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of…
Westboro Baptist candidate for Kansas Board of Education only raises $5
A Kansas State Board of Education candidate linked to the Westboro Baptist Church only raised a measly $5 for his campaign and doesn’t plan to spend it. Jack Wu’s financial disclosure report, published by the Kansas Secretary of State, shows the Republican candidate only raised $5 from July 27, 2012…
Soldier tackles Westboro Baptist Church member as crowd cheers
A member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church was tackled on Saturday by an angry soldier at a funeral for fallen Army Staff Sgt. Donna Johnson in North Carolina. “So at the funeral today for Fallen Soldier Sgt. Johnson a Westboro member decided it would be smart to stomp on…
Westboro Baptist: Same sex marriage legalization is ‘a fait accompli’
Jonathan Phelps, a member of the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, said Wednesday that the legalization of same sex marriage in the United States was inevitable. He explained on The David Pakman Show that marriage equality was a “fait accompli” because the Supreme Court was going to “mandate” it soon.…
Occupy activists clash with Westboro Baptist church protestors outside the Republican convention
While delegates and newsmakers more or less took the day off while waiting for Issac (and waiting out tornado warnings in the area), the March on the RNC went forward as initially planned. But when the official march reached its end point, a few of the participants decided they weren’t…
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