List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in by pastor Fred Phelps. It is widely considered a hate group and a cult, [nb 1] and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags " and "Thank God for dead. The group is basically a family-based cult of personality built around its patriarch, Fred Phelps. And taking you with him! 
Westboro Baptist Church
The group is basically a family-based cult of personality built around its patriarch, Fred Phelps. Typified by its slogan, “God Hates F—,” WBC is known for its harsh anti-gay beliefs and the crude signs its members carry at their frequent protests. “Filthy sodomites crave legitimacy as dogs. Phelps and his followers have crisscrossed the country to picket the funerals of AIDs victims and engage in other, similar protests. Since , Phelps has been arrested repeatedly for assault, battery, threats, trespassing, disorderly conduct, and contempt of court.
Westboro Baptist Church
Conservative members of some of the largest Protestant churches in the United States have formed their own rival denominations over divisions on LGBTQ issues. A small coterie of groups now comprise the hard core of the anti-gay movement. Even as some well-known anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family moderate their views, a hard core of smaller groups, most of them religiously motivated, have continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual minorities. 18 Anti
Fred Phelps, the pastor who led a small Kansas church's vitriolic "God Hates Fags" anti-gay campaign across the United States, has died, the church said on Thursday. Eight of the largest religious institutions in the United States oppose same-sex marriage, which was recently legalised by the Supreme Court nationwide. In a statement last Friday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the fourth largest Christian denomination in the US, acknowledged the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage but maintained it does not approve of such unions. 
Protests by Westboro Baptist Church
According to a recent study by Pew Research Center, the major religious groups in America that prohibit gay marriages include American Baptist Churches, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), Islam, and Roman Catholicism. .
List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality
List of Christian denominational positions on homosexualityThis is a list of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality. The issue of homosexuality and Christianity is a subject of ongoing theological debate within and between Christian denominations and this list seeks to summarize the various official positions. Within denominations, many members may hold somewhat differing views on. .
These Churches Have Split Over LGBTQ Issues—As
Fred Phelps is America's most notorious anti-gay activist. On his "God Hates F" site and in tracts sent from his church compound in Topeka, Kan., Phelps and his congregation — composed mainly of his extended family — pump out reams of anti-gay material, much of it so vulgar that many anti-gay activists complain that Phelps has given them a bad name. . Fred Phelps
It is the protesting of military funerals that led to the organization receiving much attention for its small size. Protests done by Westboro Baptist Church are characterized by desecration of the American flag, hate speech said by members to onlookers, and members holding signs with predominantly homophobic and anti-American statements. .