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The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an Independent Baptist church known for its extreme stance against homosexuality[2] and its protest activities, which include picketing funerals of American servicemen and desecrating the American flag.[3] The church is widely described as a hate group[4] and is monitored as such by the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center. It is headed by Fred Phelps and consists primarily of members of his large family;[5] in 2011, the church stated that it had about 40 members.[1] The church is headquartered in a residential neighborhood on the west side of Topeka about three miles west of the Kansas State Capitol. Its first public service was held on the afternoon of Sunday, November 27, 1955.[6]

The church has been actively involved in the anti-gay movement since at least 1991 when it sought a crackdown on homosexual activity at Gage Park six blocks northwest of the church.[7] In addition to anti-gay protests at military funerals, the organization pickets other celebrity funerals that are likely to get it media attention.[8]

The WBC is not affiliated with any known Baptist conventions or associations. The church describes itself as following Primitive Baptist and Calvinist principles,[9] though mainstream Primitive Baptists reject the WBC and Phelps.[10]

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That's just the first part. It goes on into the history and beliefs and stuff. Most of it is just awful hate mongering. The thing that gets me is that it's a twisted version of Christianity where you replace the term "God is love" with "God is hate." They speak about spreading "God's hate" and their favorite slogan is "God hates X" (with X being a certain group of people, and by their views he hates just about everyone).

Sorry for the lateness of my reply, I got off work and had a class.