Anti-Gay Church May Soon be Homeless. Cry me a fucking river for Fred Phelps.

[Ian David]

Anti-Gay Church May Soon be Homeless
by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Contributor
Monday Apr 7, 2008

The church and office building of the anti-gay Baptist Church presided over by Fred Phelps may be taken and sold to satisfy a lawsuit against the church if the suit’s appeal affirms a $5 million award.

Westboro Baptist Church has a small congregation comprised mostly of Phelps’ extended family, several of whom are lawyers. The $5 million sum was levied against the church following a lawsuit brought by the family of a fallen U.S. soldier killed in Iraq.

The church’s members are known for picketing the funerals of gays. More recently, they have begun picketing the funerals of American troops killed in the Iraq war. Picketing members often carry signs with messages such as "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates America," reported CNN.com last October when the ruling was made.

In their defense at the trial, church members claimed that picketing funerals and displaying such messages is an act of faith based on their belief that God is punishing America for its legal and social tolerance of GLBT people.

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