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|Row 5 info = Former pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, disbarred lawyer. | |Row 5 info = Former pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, disbarred lawyer. | ||
|Row 6 title = Powers/Skills:Preaching the Bible, picketing soilders funerals and other gay-related activities. | |Row 6 title = Powers/Skills:Preaching the Bible, picketing soilders funerals and other gay-related activities. | ||
|Row 6 info = Being | |Row 6 info = Being bigoted, preaching, law practice, charisma. Spread God's message of hate. | ||
|Row 7 title = Hobby: | |Row 7 title = Hobby: | ||
|Row 7 info = Spreading | |Row 7 info = Spreading God's message of hate, picketing soilders funerals and other gay-related activities. | ||
|Row 8 title = Goals: | |Row 8 title = Goals: | ||
|Row 8 info = | |Row 8 info = Make people convert to Christianity through threat of death. | ||
|Row 9 title = Type of Villain: Cult Leader, Dark Priest, Gay Basher, Religious Villain, Brainwasher. | |Row 9 title = Type of Villain: Cult Leader, Dark Priest, Gay Basher, Religious Villain, Brainwasher. | ||
|Row 9 info = | |Row 9 info = Dark Priest, Gay Basher, Religious Villain, Brainwasher, Child Abuser, Murderer.|image = Image:tumblr_mc5kv9pIlK1qd89d4o1_1280.jpg | ||
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==Church Activites== | ==Church Activites== | ||
The church regularly praises major tragedies and thanks God for causing them, and stages protests at funerals of victims, insulting the victims and others affected. Some of the church's more notable activities include protesting the 1998 funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered due to homophobic violence, and they have since picketed against a stage production based on his story, and boycotting the funerals of all fallen American soldiers. The church also pickets at the funerals of celebrities and other famous people such as Michael Jackson, Ronnie James Dio, Steve Jobs, and others. This practice in particular has generated massive legal controversy where the government has brought into question the protection of the group's activities under the First Amendment, which many argue the group abuses. | The church regularly praises major tragedies and thanks God for causing them, and stages protests at funerals of victims, insulting the victims and others affected. Some of the church's more notable activities include protesting the 1998 funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered due to homophobic violence, and they have since picketed against a stage production based on his story, and boycotting the funerals of all fallen American soldiers. The church also pickets at the funerals of celebrities and other famous people such as Michael Jackson, Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, Dimbebag Darrell Scott Columbus, Steve Jobs, and others. This practice in particular has generated massive legal controversy where the government has brought into question the protection of the group's activities under the First Amendment, which many argue the group abuses. | ||
Worst preacher ever. | Worst preacher ever. | ||
==Opposition== | ==Opposition== | ||
The WBC has gathered so much controversy that even the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (a group known for its violent racist hatemongering) have distanced themselves from the organization: as noted by a disclaimer on the Klan's official website ensuring that they have no connections to the church and "absolutely repudiate their activities." Fox News, which known for its Conservative views, have also criticized the church. Ironically, skin color seems to be the only thing that Phelps and his followers don't discriminate against, since Phelps was a Civil Rights Lawyer in the 1960's. | The WBC has gathered so much controversy that even the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (a group known for its violent racist hatemongering) have distanced themselves from the organization: as noted by a disclaimer on the Klan's official website ensuring that they have no connections to the church and "absolutely repudiate their activities." Even Fox News, which known for its Conservative views, have also criticized the church. Ironically, skin color seems to be the only thing that Phelps and his followers don't discriminate against, since Phelps was a Civil Rights Lawyer in the 1960's. | ||
People have formed counter protests to shield the Westboro Baptist Church's target from them and a man by the name of Chris Mason formed the Phelps-A-Thon, that allows people to donate money to an organization, usually an LGBT or Jewish Group for every minute that the Westboro Church targets that organization, thus the Westboro ends up indirectly aiding the group they're against. Another group that opposes the church is a motorcycle club called the Patriot Guard Riders, a group made up of war veterans who seperate WBC members from the funeral attendants. | People have formed counter protests to shield the Westboro Baptist Church's target from them and a man by the name of Chris Mason formed the Phelps-A-Thon, that allows people to donate money to an organization, usually an LGBT or Jewish Group for every minute that the Westboro Church targets that organization, thus the Westboro ends up indirectly aiding the group they're against. Another group that opposes the church is a motorcycle club called the Patriot Guard Riders, a group made up of war veterans who seperate WBC members from the funeral attendants. | ||
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[[Category:Faux Affably Evil]] | [[Category:Faux Affably Evil]] | ||
[[Category:Sadists]] | [[Category:Sadists]] | ||