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Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps Is Dead

Notorious anti-gay activist Fred Phelps has died, according to news reports. Fred Phelps was the founder and patriarch of Westboro Baptist Church, which he and his family members used as a base for attention-grabbing protests at funerals of people who had died from AIDS, at gay-rights rallies and ma

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Daubenmire Defends Westboro Baptist Church Because 'What If God Really Told Fred Phelps To Do That?'

One thing that we have rarely, if ever, heard from the ardent anti-gay bigots that we monitor on this blog was any sort of defense of Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for their "God Hates Fags" protests. Even the most militant anti-gay activists tend to distance themselves from

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Towleroad: The FBI Invited Westboro Baptist Church to Train its Police Officers and Agents. Bill Berkowitz @ AlterNet: Why Is Jerry Falwell's Evangelical University Getting Filthy Rich off Your Tax Money? Steve Benen: How health care rulings are covered. Carlos Maza @ Equality Matters: Pat R

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Alex Alvarez @ Mediaite: Anonymous Claims Westboro Baptist Church Initiated Feud For Attention, IP Addresses. Andy Birkey @ Minnesota Independent: Bachmann: Glenn Beck can solve the budget deficit. Michael Cole-Schwartz @ HRC Back Story: HRC & Soulforce Present 70K Petitions To Lou Engle. Joe