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  • The Most Hated Family in America (the guys who protest at soldier funerals).

    03/31/2007 3:47:43 AM PDT · by Jedi Master Pikachu · 39 replies · 912+ views
    BBC ^ | Saturday, March 30, 2007 | Louis Theroux
    Louis Theroux, left, with Gramps on the right They call themselves the most hated family in the US and they picket funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. So what did Louis Theroux make of the Phelpses after three weeks?In any country, let alone one as patriotic as the US, few actions are as provocative as protesting at a soldier's funeral. The Phelps family pickets mourners across the country, to mark what it describes as God's revenge on the US for tolerating homosexuality. Their actions are in the name of the Westboro Baptist Church, which numbers 71 and is headed...