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Petition seeks to classify Westboro Baptist Church as hate group

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A White House petition created only a couple of weeks ago with nearly 300,000 signatures seeks to have the Obama Administration recognize the controversial Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group.

The petition claims that Westboro “has been recognized as a hate group by organizations, such as The Southern Poverty Law Center, and has repeatedly displayed the actions typical of hate groups.

“Their actions have been directed at many groups, including homosexuals, military, Jewish people and even other Christians. They pose a threat to the welfare and treatment of others and will not improve without some form of imposed regulation.”

The petition was created on December 14th, 2012, the same day as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which claimed the lives of 20 school children.  Westboro tweeted later this month that “What happened at Sandy Hook was unfortunate and tragic; However, it happened because our nation has turned away from God.”

This online petition has by far the most signatures (297,934) on the White House’s online petition website.  The White House says is will respond to any petition with over 25,000 signatures.

The church, located in Topeka, Kansas, and its followers are notorious for picketing and demonstrating at funerals for military and child victims.

The latest tweet from a Westboro Church associate was from Pastor Fred Phelps’ daughter, Abigail, who said today “Imagine if u hypocrites had responded to abortion, adultery, idolatry and fag marriage like u do to persecuting Westboro Baptist Church.”

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