Hate for the Holidays: Miami Braces for Bigots
Anti-Semitic group rolls into town just in time for Channukah
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MEMPHIS, TN - AUGUST 18: Westboro Baptist Church member Shirley Phelps Roper demonstrates before the celebration of the life of entertainment icon Isaac Hayes August 18, 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee. Roper traveled to Memphis to specifically protest about a quarter-mile from the Hope Presbyterian Church, chanting "God Killed Bernie Mack and God Killed Isaac Hayes..." (Photo by Chris Desmond/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Shirley Phelps Roper
The country's most controversial church will be spreading a little holiday cheer throughout South Florida this week.
Just in time for Hanukkah, the Westboro Baptist Church, Kansas' favorite anti-Semitic and homophobic religious institution, is coming to town.
The group will decend on Palm Beach this afternoon, visiting the Jewish Community Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the Chabad of West Palm Beach and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Don't worry, Boca, you'll get visits from the folks behind godhatesfags.com at Spanish River High School, the Anti-Defamatiuon League and the Jewish federation of South Palm Beach County.
And what trip to South Florida would be complete without a stop in Miami, where the haters will picket the Heat-Raptors game at the AAA Tuesday night.
Other stops in Miami include the Miami Beach Jewish Community Center, Miami-Dade College's Kendall Campus, and Miami Killian Senior High, all scheduled for today.
The group's online schedule breaks down all their hate-filled stops.
While some groups plan to confront the people from Westboro, some have other plans.
"We will ignore them," Bill Bernstein, president of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, told the Sun-Sentinel.
Posted Monday, Dec 14, 2009 - 10:47 AM EST
