Sweden   The legal actions taken by the Swedish royal family is according to the article in SvD not for his comments about Sweden in general but for his comments about the royal family per se and then especially his comments about princess Madeleine claiming she being indecent   Out of curiosity  does anyone know what these creatures I wont have them in the same category as us humans at WBC make of the United Nations I can imagine theyll hate it as they seem to hate everything in the universe but it would be interesting to know  I completely agree with the guy above me but as this is an encyclopedia why do we have to start an article about a schurch off with hate group  Perhaps because these are a group of people who rejoyce when thousands of children die in terrible tragedies and come to funerals to yell vial things at the loved ones of the people that fought for their rights What the hell should we start it off with This is a local church that has very good afterschool programs   Hatred of Islam and muslims however despicable is not racism and neither is hatred of Catholics or Catholicism  In general the racism section is pretty weak  There is plenty bad to be said about Phelps without bringing the allegation that he uses the word nigger    Nice work  Much better I removed the NPOV tag   This article could be accused of not quite attaining NPOV but it is clear that the writers have made an attempt to see this ridiculous crusade from both sides that is nothing short of heroic  Patrick Beverley  August   Former Members of Westboro Baptist Church  The article has been updated with the following  George Stutzman Theresa Davis Chris Davis Karl Hockenbarger Bill Hockenbarger and his wife James Hockenbarger and Joshua PhelpsRoper are no longer members of the Westboro Baptist Church  Where did this information come from The Hockenbargers have been members of the church for a long time I believe Chris Davis is married to Rebekah PhelpsDavis one of Fred Phelps children His leaving the church would mean that he and Rebekah are no longer together Joshua is one of the children of church spokesperson Shirley PhelpsRoper His leaving would probably mean that he no longer has a relationship with his parents As Dorothea Bird once said If youre in youre in If youre out youre out    Hate group  Any chance of this article having a further early emphasis on it being a recognised hate group   Lies  The westboro baptist CULT disgrace me They hate catholics because they aparantly abuse children and are homosexuals This is absolute lies and heavily offensive The fact that they make up so much lies and how there actions are contradicted within the bible should be given more attention Anyone agree   Appearance  I remember an appearance by a woman and her children on the Howard Stern show they were members of the Westboro Church and in the few minutes I watched one thing that the woman said struck me as an interesting point I dont hate fags God hates fags or something to that effect  And yes Fred Phelps mentioned this subject in an April  interview with BlackTablecom Heres the URL     Article structure I started some sections to give the article more structure and made other indicated changes    Comment On a similar note should we change references to this group from church to organization  I understand the name is Westboro Baptist Church however for accuracy sake they are not really a church   This church praises dead Swedes A friend gave me this Copy and paste this link in to your webbrowser otherwise it wont work httpdatachannelorgpsrcgif I dont know of its validity If somebody want to add this to the article go ahead If you cant download the image Its basically a flier by the church that praises the presumed  deaths of Swedes in the recent asian tsunami As a Swedish citizen I find it highly offensive that goes beyond words so it would be impossible for me to write an  unbiased addition to the article regarding this Thanks     Criticism section should be expanded further   I added a bit to it