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White House Petition: Call Westboro a Hate Group

Church hit with 5 petitions, others want to yank tax-exempt status

By Mark Russell, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 27, 2012 7:09 AM CST

(Newser) – Piers Morgan. Death Stars. And now Westboro Baptist Church. The unusual White House petitions keep adding up, and now not one, but five petitions calling for action against everyone's least favorite funeral protesters have passed the 50,000-signature threshold requiring a response. Indeed, one... Read full story »

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White House Petition: Call Westboro a Hate Group

Church hit with 5 petitions, others want to yank tax-exempt status

Westboro Baptist Church • hate groups • petition • tax-exempt organization

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