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Religious Wrongs by: Malcolm A. Kline, May 01, 2009 The harassment of the elderly by Gay Rights activists in California may not have an equal on the opposite side but there is at least one group claiming scriptural support for old-fashioned bigotry. The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas promises “religious opinion & commentary on current events” through websites with names like Godhatestheworld.com and others too vile to name here....

Homophobic Church Group to Picket Navy Air Station Members of a radical Kansas church who say God punished three Navy officers killed in the recent helicopter crash are planning to picket outside Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi. Members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church believe God punished the officers because of the sins of the nation. Picketing is set to start at noon Saturday at the main gate at SPID and NAS Drive in Flour Bluff. Church members are expected to carry signs that read "God Hates the Nation," and to thank God for the Jan. 16 helicopter crash that claimed...