http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:31:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23701 A federal appeals court has thrown out a US$5 million ($7 million) verdict against fundamentalist Christian protesters who carried signs with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers" outside the Maryland funeral of a US Marine killed in Iraq.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church -- a cult-like hate group -- have deluded themselves into thinking they are Christians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23701/westboro-baptist-church-14/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23386 Today's Religion News Roundup: • Why the word should worry about Iran • A 666 license plate exchange • What could be worse than the Taliban? • Law aimed at hate group used to silence veteran instead

Also: • Germany bans Neo-Nazi youth organization, and • Jews in Brooklyn take the Amish on a walking tour...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:32:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23307 The savages who operate the Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian church -- have announced on their website that they intent to picket the funerals of people killed in last Wednesday's plane crash at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The cult is best known for its despicable practice of picketing the funerals of people its delusional followers object to. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23307/westboro-baptist-church-13/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23282/fred-phelps-shirley-phelps-roper-banned-england http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23282/fred-phelps-shirley-phelps-roper-banned-england#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:48:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23282 The Home Secretary has banned two extremist anti-gay preachers from entering Britain. Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper, who belong to the US Westboro Baptist Church, were planning to come to the UK to protest outside a performance of a youth play which recounts the death of gay university student.

Other members of their hate group will be stopped from entering the country as well.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23282/fred-phelps-shirley-phelps-roper-banned-england/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23277 The Westboro, Kansas hate group that masquerades as a church has threatened to picket a sixth form college in England during a staging of The Laramie Project, a play about an American youth murdered because of his sexuality.

Details of the group's first picket in Britain was posted on their website with the slogan "God Hates England; Your Queen Is A W----".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23277/westboro-hate-group-masquerading-as-a-baptist-church-announces-england-picket/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22889/westboro-baptist-church-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22889/westboro-baptist-church-12#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:40:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22889 A federal appeals court panel said Friday that Missouri should be barred from enforcing a state law limiting protests near funerals until it can be determined if the law is constitutional.

That means the Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian Church - can continue its despicable behavior for the time being.

The hate group claims God allows soldiers to be killed as punishment for the nation's sins, including homosexuality, divorce and remarriage, idolatry and greed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22889/westboro-baptist-church-12/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:40:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21996 Canadian border guards have been told to bar members of a fanatical American church from entering the country after they announced plans to protest at the funeral of the man decapitated on a Greyhound bus, says a Winnipeg MP.

The hate group -- which masquerades as a Christian church -- is known for its despicable behavior at funerals and elsewhere.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21996/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:52:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21978 A despicable hate group that masquerades as a Christian church is helping to advertise a play about its founder by doing what it does best: spewing putrid hatred.

The Westboro Baptist Church also plans to protest at the funeral of a young man decapitated on a Greyhound bus last week.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21978/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21938/westboro-baptist-church-fire http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21938/westboro-baptist-church-fire#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:10:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21938 Members of the Westboro Baptist Church -- a hate group masquerading as a Christian church -- label a fire that occured at the garage next to the 'church' as a religious hate crime.

The cult's followers are known primarily for their despicable practice of picketing funerals of people they hate.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21938/westboro-baptist-church-fire/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21488/phelps-family-loses-in-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21488/phelps-family-loses-in-court#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 13:46:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21488 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21488/phelps-family-loses-in-court/feed 0