WBC

The Westboro Baptist church is a hate group based in Kansas and although they may not be extremely well known, they create intense anger for those who know of them. The WBC travels place to place, anywhere and everywhere in America, picketing with hateful signs and yelling their hypocritical thoughts. They picket at funerals, carnivals, parades, in front of schools, museums, and churches. But why does this hate group like to terrorize others? Last year in an interview between Stanford University and Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the WBC and daughter of Fred Phelps (leader of the WBC), Phelps-Roper justified their hate as being “what God wants” and that they are trying to spread the concept of obeying God and not committing sins. Phelps-Roper stated that the WBC wants people to “put away their idols, their false gods and their filthy manner of life and obey their God. It is life and health and peace and happiness”. One thing about the WBC that angers the public, is that the adult members of the church like to pass their hateful feelings down to their children, who when interviewed various times, could not explain to reporters what the word “gay” meant, even though they hold signs that state that being gay is a sin. Last year I heard about the WBC after a friend of mine who goes to school at Virginia Tech told me about this group that picketed in front of a ceremony remembering those who were killed during the shooting at VT in 2007.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/04/02/853386/-The-Westboro-Baptist-Church-is-coming-to-Virginia-Tech