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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church stories: 3 news summaries

Barred Savage Calls for British Boycott

Savage, Phelps lash out at UK's hate speech penalty

May 7, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing radio mouth Michael Savage has branded British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a "witch" and urged his listeners yesterday to boycott the country's products and cancel trips to Britain, the Daily Telegraph reports. "I suggest you stop buying English made goods," fumed Savage, who has been barred... More »

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extremists • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • Michael Savage • hate speech

Hate Church Plans to Picket Ledger Funeral

Baptist extremists will bash late actor for 'Brokeback' role

Jan 24, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A homophobic Kansas church known for protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers has announced plans to picket Heath Ledger's funeral because he played a gay character in Brokeback Mountain, MSNBC reports. "He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's... More »

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homophobia • Heath Ledger • Brokeback Mountain • funeral • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • hate groups • Southern Poverty Law Center • picketing funerals

Anti-Gay Church Ordered to Pay Dead Marine's Family $11M

Jury says protests violate privacy

Nov 1, 07 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fundamentalist Kansas church has been ordered to pay $11 million to the father of a Marine killed in Iraq after a jury decided that anti-gay church protesters violated the family's privacy. Members of Westboro Baptist Church routinely wave anti-gay posters at soldiers' funerals because they claim the war is... More »

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Maryland • free speech • First Amendment • Kansas • homosexuality • religious freedom • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • Iraq war

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