Westboro Baptist Church 威斯特布路浸信会

Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an unaffiliated Baptist church known for its hate speech, especially against LGBT people (homophobia), Jews (antisemitism), and politicians. The church is categorized as a hate group and is monitored as such by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Before his death in March 2014, it was headed by Fred Phelps, though church representatives said the church had had no defined leader for some time before his death. The church consists primarily of members of Phelps's extended family; in 2011, the church stated that it had about 40 members. It is headquartered in a residential neighborhood on the west side of Topeka about 3 miles (5 km) west of the Kansas State Capitol. Its first public service was held on the afternoon of November 27, 1955.