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The WBC has described the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust Holocaust] as God's punishment on Jews.

===Views on race and nationality===

Founder Fred Phelps is a veteran of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29 Civil Rights movement] in the 1960s. The Church's disapproval of racism and the use of physical violence by groups such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism neo-Nazis] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan KKK] is stated on its website. According to the site's FAQ page, "we don't believe in physical violence of any kind, and the Scripture doesn't support racism. ... The only true Nazis in this world are fags."~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-97 [97]]~~

Founder Fred Phelps is a veteran of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29 Civil Rights movement] in the 1960s. The Church's disapproval of racism and the use of physical violence by groups such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism neo-Nazis] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan KKK] is stated on its website. According to the site's FAQ page, "we don't believe in physical violence of any kind, and the Scripture doesn't support racism. ... The only true Nazis in this world are fags."

The Church has previously condemned particular nations, such as Italy, which it described as a nation of "mobster-breeding perverts"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-98 [98]] and Australia, which it describes as the "land of the sodomite damned".~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-wbc-aus-99 [99]]~~

The Church has previously condemned particular nations, such as Italy, which it described as a nation of "mobster-breeding perverts"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-98 [98]] and Australia, which it describes as the "land of the sodomite damned".

===Views on Barack Obama===

The Westboro Baptist Church believes that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama Barack Obama] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] and that he forms an unholy trinity with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan Satan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI Pope Benedict XVI], whom they believe is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Prophet False Prophet].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-100 [100]]

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 The WBC has described the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust Holocaust] as God's punishment on Jews.
 ===Views on race and nationality===
-Founder Fred Phelps is a veteran of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29 Civil Rights movement] in the 1960s. The Church's disapproval of racism and the use of physical violence by groups such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism neo-Nazis] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan KKK] is stated on its website. According to the site's FAQ page, "we don't believe in physical violence of any kind, and the Scripture doesn't support racism. ... The only true Nazis in this world are fags."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-97 [97]]</sup>
+Founder Fred Phelps is a veteran of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29 Civil Rights movement] in the 1960s. The Church's disapproval of racism and the use of physical violence by groups such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism neo-Nazis] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan KKK] is stated on its website. According to the site's FAQ page, "we don't believe in physical violence of any kind, and the Scripture doesn't support racism. ... The only true Nazis in this world are fags."
-The Church has previously condemned particular nations, such as Italy, which it described as a nation of "mobster-breeding perverts"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-98 [98]]</sup> and Australia, which it describes as the "land of the sodomite damned".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wbc-aus_99-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-wbc-aus-99 [99]]</sup>
+The Church has previously condemned particular nations, such as Italy, which it described as a nation of "mobster-breeding perverts"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-98 [98]]</sup> and Australia, which it describes as the "land of the sodomite damned".
 ===Views on Barack Obama===
 The Westboro Baptist Church believes that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama Barack Obama] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] and that he forms an unholy trinity with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan Satan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI Pope Benedict XVI], whom they believe is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Prophet False Prophet].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#cite_note-100 [100]]</sup>