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May 23, 2013
Woolwich soldier terror killing blamed on UK being pro-gay

Westboro Baptist Church, who has blamed London terror attack and Oklahoma tornado on gays, have had their website hacked by pro-gay activists

The murder of a soldier in south-east London is being blamed on the UK’s acceptance of gay people.

The Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist US Christian organization, posted a message on Twitter saying ‘Fags Doom Nations’ yesterday (22 May).

They created a poster with images of the alleged killers, who are said to have hacked a victim to death while shouting ‘Allah Akbah’ (God is Great).

On the poster, they included phrases like ‘God Hates The UK’, ‘God Curses The Troops’ and ‘God Is Your Terrorist’.

May 9, 2013
Victim of Westboro Baptist Church confronts former gay hate member

Libby Phelps-Alvarez, the granddaughter of the founder of the homophobic church, breaks down in tears when speaking to a fallen soldier's mother

A mother whose son’s funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church had the chance to tell a former member how she felt about the congregation.

Earlier this week, Libby Phelps-Alvarez appeared on Anderson Live to discuss growing up in the gay hate church and why she decided to leave.

The granddaughter of founder Fred Phelps, she said she thought she had been doing the right thing in spreading homophobia and picketing funerals by the age of eight.

May 3, 2013
Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protest ruined by shirtless photo bomber

As counter-protest, guy strips down, drapes self in US flag, and drops into centerfold pose

This was surely not the photo op members of the Westboro Baptist Church had in mind.

The notoriously anti-gay group, famous for their 'God Hates Fags' signs, showed up in Oklahoma City this week to protest at Game 5 of the NBA Quarterfinals where the city's team The Thunder faced the Houston Rockets.

Their protest stemmed from the coming out on Monday (29 April) of NBA player Jason Collins who most recently played for the Washington Wizards.

March 20, 2013
Westboro Baptist Church says they 'thank God for the Sodomite Rainbow House'

'Equality House' has been painted in LGBT rainbow across street from church in Kansas

The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church claims to like the LGBT rainbow home that is now across the street from them in Topeka, Kansas.

'We thank God for the Sodomite Rainbow House,' the church said in a statement today. 'It is right across the street from the ONLY church that loves people enough to tell them the Bible truth about the filthy, soul-damning, nation-destroying sin of sodomy...The Sodomite Rainbow house helps shing a bright spotlight on this!'

March 19, 2013
Peace activists paint rainbow on house opposite anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church

'God Hates Fags' church is now sitting opposite the Equality House, proudly displaying the colors of the gay pride flag

February 26, 2013
Westboro Baptist Church protesters retreat after being outnumbered in Santa Monica

Anti-gay hate group is confronted with student counter-protest

When members of the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at Santa Monica High School today to conduct an anti-gay protest, they were in for a huge surprise.

That surprise was a huge crowd that was on hand to counter-protest the group known to protest at military funerals carrying signs that say such things as 'God Hates Fags.'

The church had protested outside the Oscars on Sunday (24 February) and chose the high school in Santa Monica as its next target because of what it believes is the school's affirmation of LGBT students.

February 13, 2013
Students fight Westboro Baptist Church haters with $40,000 for gay charity

Students from Vassar College in New York have pledged $100 for every minute the Westboro Baptist Church plans to protest on campus

American students have raised over $40,000 (£26,000, €30,000) in counter-protest against gay hate picketers from Westboro Baptist Church.

Students from Vassar College in New York have responded to the church's plans to protest at the pro-LGBT university earlier this month by pledging $100 for every minute the church will be there.

Known for their 'God Hates Fags' signs, the church is well known for picketing pro-gay groups and soldiers' funerals.

February 8, 2013
Former Westboro Baptist Church bigot poses for gay rights campaign

Laura Drain, who left the 'God Hates Fags' church after years of gay hate, has now posed for the NOH8 campaign

A former Westboro Baptist Church member has posed for American gay rights campaign No H8.

Lauren Drain spent years as part of the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, known for picketing soldiers’ funerals.

She posed for the campaign aiming to promote marriage, gender and human equality across America.

Drain writes: ‘The main reason I posed for the NOH8 Campaign was in direct response to the judgments of the WBC.

January 3, 2013
Counter-protesters outnumber Westboro church as gay couples begin to marry in Maryland

Members of the extremist Westboro Baptist Church were outnumbered by counter protesters outside courthouses in Maryland on Wednesday when they came to picket same-sex marriages being performed in the state

Hundreds of people turned out to counter-protest members of the Westboro Baptist Church who had traveled to picket Maryland courthouses on Wednesday - the day courthouses began to perform same-sex marriages in the state.

The church posted online that it was targeting Maryland as it had been the first in the US to legalize same-sex marriage in a popular vote.

‘Westboro brings these words of warning, knowing they may be the last that you get,’ the group posted online.

December 31, 2012
Strip anti-gay Westboro Baptists of tax-exempt status, calls petition

Campaigners call on the US government to make extremist Christian church pay tax after hate-fuelled Sandy Hook protests

Campaigners are calling on the US government to strip the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church of its tax-exempt status.

The Westboro Baptists threatened to picket memorial services for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, which they claim was God’s punishment for the state of Connecticut legalizing same-sex marriage.

December 28, 2012
Westboro Baptist Church threaten to picket more funerals

The Westboro Baptists have threatened to picket the funerals of two New York state fire fighters who were shot to death when they attended a house fire on Christmas Eve and of retired US general Norman Schwarzkopf who died yesterday

Following their no-show at memorial services for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, members of the Westboro Baptist Church have threatened to picket the funeral of two New York state firefighters who were shot and killed on Christmas Eve when they attended a house fire in the Rochester area.

December 27, 2012
Fox News claims Westboro Baptists are a ‘left-wing’ hate group

Fox News says Westboro Baptist leader Fred Phelps, who thinks Obama is the Anti-Christ, is a Democrat and his church a ‘left-wing cult’

America’s Fox News network has made the extraordinary claim that the Westboro Baptist Church are a left-wing organization.

December 24, 2012
Westboro Baptists’ Sandy Hook protest plans thwarted

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church never left their hotel rooms after volunteers from across the US traveled to Newtown, Connecticut, to form a human barrier to prevent them from reaching the memorial service for Sandy Hook Elementary principal Dawn Hochsprung

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church traveled to the Connecticut town Newtown with the intention of picketing memorial services for the victims of the mass shooting at the town’s elementary school but never left their hotel rooms thanks to a resounding community response.

December 17, 2012
Anonymous hacks anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church

Hacking group takes over Westboro Baptist Church spokesperson’s twitter account and leak church members info following their plans to picket victims’ funerals

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) blamed marriage equality in Connecticut for the tragic shooting spree in Newtown that took 26 lives.

The Church announced that it will picket the funerals of the children with banners saying ‘God Hate Fags’ and other anti-gay hate messages.

Shirley Phelps-Roper, spokesperson of WBC and daughter of its leader, Fred Phelps, tweeted, ‘Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment’.

December 16, 2012
Anonymous goes after Westboro Baptist Church

Hacker collective Anonymous declares it will 'destroy' anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church

Anonymous has had enough with the antics of Westboro Baptist Church.

According to Salon, the hacker collective released the private information of members of the anti-LGBT church. The group produced a video explaining its actions.

'We will destroy you. We are coming,' an electronic voice warns.

December 16, 2012
Westboro Baptists threaten to picket Sandy Hook shooting site

The Westboro Baptists will picket the site of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, which they say is God’s way of punishing the state of Connecticut for legalizing same-sex marriage

Members of the infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church have threatened to picket the site of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting less than a day after the tragedy, claiming that the shooting was God’s punishment for the state of Connecticut legalizing same-sex marriage.

Prominent church member Shirley Phelps-Roger made the threat via twitter, posting ‘Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment.’

September 19, 2012
New law restricts anti-gay church protesting funerals

Governer of California signs new legislation aimed at stopping Westboro Baptist Church picketing church services

The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing soldiers’ funerals, will now be prohibited from protesting burials by a new law.

Governor of California, Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday (17 September), restricting protests within 300 feet of funerals and memorial sites.

The law is aimed at stopping the controversial Westboro Baptist Church from protesting the services at deceased soldiers' services.