Watch out England much? I'm sure half of you have heard about this protest group, you know, the one who pickets at the funerals of dead Soldiers and Gays? Westboro Church is taking their "Project" to England. Anyway Please read this article:

God Hates Fags church threatens to picket Basingstoke - from Pink News - all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News


A small religious community from Kansas notorious for picketing funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq have said they are to protest in England.

Westboro Baptist Church is led by Rev Fred Phelps. Among the events on the 'picket schedule' on their website godhatesfags.com is a performance of The Laramie Project in Basingstoke next week.

"In Merry Old England they plan to further enrage the Living God by putting on the farce known commonly as The Laramie Project.

"We will picket them, and see if they actually believe those lies they tell about how tolerant and accepting Brits are.

"RIIIIGHT! Just because you rage against God and make laws that say you cannot use "hate speech" (a/k/a - you may not speak of the Bible standards) in the UK does NOT mean you will not get the message that God Almighty intends for you to get.

"God Hates England; Your Queen Is A Whore; You Hate God; God Hates You; You're Going to Hell; Matt Is In Hell; Hell Is Real Ask Matt; God Hates Fags (Buggers); Obey God, etc."

This latest rant is unlikely to lead to an actual protest - in any case causing fear or distress is a public order offence in England.

In the US, Westboro protesters have first amendment rights to freedom of speech.

The church members, who are mostly relations of Mr Phelps, regularly picket funerals claiming the deaths are God's punishment for the country's support of homosexuals.

They have caused so much distress picketing at funerals of soldiers killed in action that it has been restricted from doing so in 22 states.

The group first came to prominence more than a decade ago when they protested a the funeral of murdered gay man Matthew Shepard.

In October 1998 Matthew was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming.

Five weeks latermembers of the Tectonic Theatre Project went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town.

From these interviews they wrote the play The Laramie Project, a chronicle of the life of the town in the year after the murder.

Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, runs numerous websites such as GodHatesFags.com, GodHatesAmerica.com and others expressing condemnation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Jews.
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Seriously, these people make me sick, they just don't quit do they? It's bad enough they spread their hatred towards the GLBT community, but going after Soldiers who died for our country to? I know its nothing new, but what are your throughts about this article? And what is your opinon of this Westboro Protest Church?