It is safe to say that the Westboro Baptist Church is one of the most controversial and politically inciteful groups in America. Below are four photos taken by LIFE photographer Anthony Karen ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio. (RNS) Followers of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest outside the funeral of Lance Corporal David Baker here on Saturday morning. Baker, 22, of ...

Topeka (KCTV) — A 5-year-old girl set up ... also ruffled the feathers of Westboro members, Hammet said. One soldier stepped on Westboro property while taking pictures, prompting at least ...

Just in from Topeka's Capital-Journal: "Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church won't picket the funeral of a 9-year-old girl killed in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., in exchange for ...

Nothing is beneath the Westboro Baptist Church, as evidenced by the group's announcement to picket outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in wake of the recent tragedy. The group's most recent ...

Speaking in a video about the shooting in Arizona, Westboro leader Fred Phelps said, “Thank God for the violent shooter.” The 81-year-old hatemonger said they planned to protest Green’s ...

State legislators said that Arizona’s bill will be modeled after an Ohio bill that was upheld by federal courts. The Westboro Baptist ... including a nine-year-old girl. The group came to ...