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21 May 2013
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins 50 The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has thanked God for a lethal tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, leaving at least 24 people dead, saying it’s because of gay basketball player Jason Collins.
4 May 2013
US: Gay rights protestors including a shirtless man photo-bomb ‘God Hates Fags’ demo 31 A picket organised by the Westboro Baptist Church's 'God Hates Fags' campaign saw a counter demonstration by gay rights supporters including a shirtless musician named Chris.
2 May 2013
US: Church to picket basketball playoff games because ‘the NBA is full of fags’ 38 The adamantly homophobic US Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), synonymous with its “God hates fags” slogan, is to picket two NBA playoff games, denouncing Jason Collins for coming out, and saying that "God hates the NBA" because it is "full of fags".
24 April 2013
US: Sheriff warns anti-gay church to stay away from Texas fertiliser blast funerals 27 The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has been told to stay away from the funerals of those killed in last week’s fertiliser plant explosion in Texas.
19 April 2013
US church: Thatcher ‘in Hell’ for doing ‘more than anyone else in the UK for fags’ 43 The US Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), synonymous with its "God hates fags" slogan, prior to her funeral, circulated a document claiming Margaret Thatcher was a "fag enabler", and expressed a desire to picket her funeral, despite being banned from the UK.
16 April 2013
Westboro Baptist Church blames same-sex marriage for Boston Marathon bomb attack 89 The vehemently homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has threatened to picket the funerals of those killed in the Boston Marathon bomb attack.
31 March 2013
Video: Film trailer claims equal marriage will lead to the ‘criminalisation of Christianity’ 41 The trailer for a new fillm by a Christian organisation claims that the legalisation of equal marriage, and the advancement of LGBT rights will lead to the "criminalisation of Christianity".
20 March 2013
US: Gay rights activists paint house opposite Westboro compound rainbow colours 12 Gay rights activists have painted a small house opposite the compound owned by the adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church in rainbow colours, in a political statement against the controversial church.
14 March 2013
Excommunicated Westboro Baptist Church member suggests Fred Phelps might be gay 23 A former member of the adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, also know as the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, has spoken out about the church's controversial leader, and said that she thought he could be gay.
11 March 2013
US: Westboro Baptist Church plans NASCAR protest after driver makes pro-gay comments 8 The 'God Hates Fags' Church is planning to picket an upcoming NASCAR event because of pro-gay comments made by a championship race car driver.
11 March 2013
Former Westboro Baptist Church member poses for pro-same-sex marriage NOH8 campaign 8 A former member of the incendiary anti-gay group the Westboro Baptist Church has posed for the pro-same-sex marriage NOH8 photography campaign, saying she wanted to express that the church and her previous actions with them were wrong.
26 February 2013
Video: Westboro Baptist Church faces counter protest at LA high school over tolerance of gay pupils 23 A video has appeared online which shows a massive counter-protest against the adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church who were demonstrating outside an LA high school because of its tolerance of LGBT students.
7 February 2013
US: Two of founder’s granddaughters quit ‘God Hates Fags’ church and express remorse 17 Two granddaughters of the founder of the adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, also know as the 'God Hates Fags' church, appear to have quit the organisation, and expressed regret at "inflicting pain on others" whilst still members.
2 January 2013
Westboro Baptist Church protest at gay weddings in Maryland 15 The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church staged a demonstration against equal marriage in Maryland on Wednesday – with gay couples now legally able to marry in the state.
31 December 2012
Comment: The leadership of the Catholic Church are hate-fuelled bigots 116 In light of today’s dramatic announcement that Pope Benedict XVI intends to step down – let us point you to this PinkNews comment piece by Adrian Tippetts – published at the end of last year about the Catholic Church’s leadership.
27 December 2012
Westboro Baptist Church blames ‘fag marriage’ for New York Christmas Eve shooting 40 The Westboro Baptist Church, is blaming same-sex marriage for the shooting dead of two firefighters near Rochester in New York on Christmas Eve.
26 December 2012
Official petition for Obama to label ‘God Hates Fags’ Church as a hate group most popular ever 27 The petition for President Obama to class the Westboro Baptist Church, the home of the 'God Hates Fags' campaign as a hate group has been named the most popular ever on the White House's 'We The People' website.
22 December 2012
Anonymous files death certificate for God Hates Fags leader & changes her PC background to gay porn 58 The hackers collective, Anonymous, has continued its long-running battle with the Westboro Baptist Church, the home of the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, and claims to have changed the desktop background on its spokeswoman's computer to gay porn.
20 December 2012
Video: Australian TV host flirts outrageously with God Hates Fags protestor in spoof news report 12 The Australian satirical news team The Chaser has surprised a the son of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, home of the God Hates Fags campaign by flirting with him on national television.
18 December 2012
KKK step in to counter ‘God Hates Fags’ picket at military memorial ceremony 46 Your enemy's enemy is your friend? The Ku Klux Klan stepped in to counter a protest by the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church at the Arlington National Cemetery yesterday.

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