The Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between Monday's devastating Oklahoma tornado and NBA star Kevin Durant's support for Jason Collins.
After Collins came out as gay in SI this spring, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Durant was one of many players to praise his courage and offer support.
According to the WBC, OKC is now paying the price.
Fred Phelps Jr., the son of Westboro Baptist Church minister Fred Phelps and the brother of Shirley Phelps-Roper, tweeted the following messages:
The Westboro Baptist Church, in response to Jason Collins coming out as gay this week, says it plans to protest a couple of NBA Playoff games.
Because, apparently, God hates the NBA.
Or #GodH8sTheNBA in Twitter parlance.
The WBC concludes this, of course, because they really do not like homosexuality, and Collins just became the first openly gay player in major U.S. team sports.
Therefore, they will picket Wednesday’s Game 5 between Oklahoma City and Houston, and tomorrow night’s Game 6 between Chicago and Brooklyn.
Boston bombing victim Krystle Campbell, one of the three people who died in the blast, will have her funeral protected by a "human shield" today if necessary.
The Teamsters union said it will step in if protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church show up and protest her memorial service, as they have stated.
On Sunday, Sean O’Brien, head of Teamsters Local 25, asked his fellow union members to participate in protecting mourners at this morning's ceremony.
Local 25 represents 11,000 men and women from the Boston area. O'Brien told the Boston Globe that he expected about 350 people to show up.
"It's the right thing to do," he said of Krystle Campbell's funeral. "The family deserves a peaceful grieving process that's free from any coward-led group."
With gay marriage in the Supreme Court's hands during historic arguments this week, people from all sides of the spectrum have descended upon D.C.
That includes the Westboro Baptist Church.
The anti-gay activists from Kansas are at it again, this time picketing the SCOTUS and facing off with numerous citizens who couldn't disagree with them more.
Journalism student Trey Yingst went down to experience for himself the scene outside the nation's highest court as it debates the issue of gay marriage.
The Westboro Baptist Church is about to get a big surprise.
Aaron Jackson, one of the founders of Planting Peace, bought the house that sits directly across from the Kansas church's compound six months ago.
This week, he painted it to match the gay pride flag.
The project, which the nonprofit is calling the "Equality House," is the first in a new campaign Planting Peace plans to wage against the group.
The multi-pronged charity has, in the past, concentrated on rainforest conservation, opening orphanages and deworming programs, not just human rights.
That's clearly the focus here, though, as Planting Peace is about to give Westboro Baptist Church a taste of its own medicine right in its back yard.
Westboro Baptist Church was overwhelmed at its own protest this week as hundreds of citizen turned its anti-gay protest into a celebration of love.
Monday, outside Santa Monica High School, Westboro Baptist Church members assembled with signs reading "God H8s Fags" and "You Eat Your Kids."
That is what they do, and in this case it was to protest the California high school's affirmation of LGBT students, according to the Los Angeles Times.
In response to WBC's protest, the district penned an open letter reaffirming its “unwavering commitment to teach tolerance, acceptance and compassion for others."
President Barack Obama had a big day Monday, being sworn in, delivering a speech before 800,000 strong and probably getting some from Michelle Obama.
Not everyone descended on D.C. to celebrate the man, however.
Westboro Baptist Church braved the weather and the pro-Obama crowds to protest the event, and the administration, for its tolerance of homosexuality.
What's the crux of their argument? What's their prognosis for a second Obama term? How do they differ from thousands of others of churches out there?
Here's what one interviewer learned about WBC at the event:
The Westboro Baptist Church has abandoned plans to picket Aaron Swartz's funeral after Anonymous threatened to stand in the way of any such effort.
Upon the tragic suicide of the Reddit co-founder and Internet activist, WBC members announced plans to picket the event (as they are known to do).
However, when hacktivist group Anonymous and supporters showed up to block the WBC's picket line, the so-called "religious" group was not present.
A crowd showed up Tuesday at the funeral home in Highland Park, Ill., willing to stand in the way of WBC members to prevent them from getting close.
In what has become the largest petition in White House history, 259,000 people have joined the online effort to label the Westboro Baptist Church a hate group.
The petition was created on the White House website after WBC members announced plans to picket a vigil for children killed in the Newtown, Conn., shooting.
Backlash came fast and furious.
Anonymous hacked Westboro Baptist Church and has been trolling spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper hard. Now the petition seeks to have it designated what it is.
Westboro Baptist Church and specifically spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper have been besieged by trolls from the notorious hacktivist group Anonymous.
After WBC reprehensibly announced plans to picket a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Anonymous retaliated hardcore.
Shirley Phelps-Roper so far is bearing the brunt of the group's efforts.
In a video posted to Vimeo by Anonymous, the group vowed payback:
"We will not allow you to corrupt the minds of America with your seeds of hatred. We will not allow you to inspire aggression to the social factions which you deem inferior."
"We will render you obsolete. We will destroy you. We are coming."
The Hangover Part III promises to be the final chapter. With Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper exploring a third film that does not contain a "Hangover," our The Hangover Part III review wonders if it works.
The second Rush trailer has arrived and if it is any indication of the film's quality, Ron Howard has another winner. Chris Hemsworth plays real life racer James Hunt.
The first trailer for We're The Millers stars Jennifer Aniston, Ed Helms and Jason Sudeikis. The film is a crime comedy with Sudeikis playing a pot seller for Helms' dealer and Aniston as a stripper.
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