COLUMBIA – Westboro Baptist Church is planning protests in Columbia on Friday. The Kansas congregation is recognized as a hate group by the civil rights law firm Southern Poverty Law Center. The group is most well-known for its protests of homosexuality at military funerals.
Westboro Baptist Church to protest in Columbia on Friday
Friday, October 2, 2009 | 11:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:52 a.m. CDT, Friday, October 2, 2009
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