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Westboro Baptist Church Supports Mets' Daniel Murphy for His Dismissal of Gay Lifestylehttp://www.newsweek.com/mets-daniel-murphy-who-spoke-out-against-gay-lifestyle-earns-support-westboro-387295
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, the MVP of the National League Championship Series, has yet another fan as he prepares to face off in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals: the Westboro Baptist Church.
The organization best known for protesting at the funerals of soldiers and holding signs reading "God hates fags," among other slogans, says it is supporting Murphy because of remarks the player made about gay people earlier this year. Westboro has been described as "arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Kansas-based group says it believes the United States is "doomed" because it has not banned homosexual relationships and sex acts.
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The hate group calls New York City the home of the gay rights movement in America, but says at least one player has made a "small squeak in that miasma of foul matter known as New York City," citing those comments by Murphy earlier this year. "WBC will be there with bells on to prop up and Biblically supplement Daniel Murphy’s meager efforts and thereby again remind New York and America that their doom is imminent a la Sodom & Gomorrah," the group said.
Westboro has also voiced its affection for Murphy on social media. It has tweeted numerous videos of the baseball player and suggested Major League Baseball "should stop listening to GLAAD and tune into Daniel Murphy more often."
The organization best known for protesting at the funerals of soldiers and holding signs reading "God hates fags," among other slogans, says it is supporting Murphy because of remarks the player made about gay people earlier this year. Westboro has been described as "arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Kansas-based group says it believes the United States is "doomed" because it has not banned homosexual relationships and sex acts.
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The hate group calls New York City the home of the gay rights movement in America, but says at least one player has made a "small squeak in that miasma of foul matter known as New York City," citing those comments by Murphy earlier this year. "WBC will be there with bells on to prop up and Biblically supplement Daniel Murphy’s meager efforts and thereby again remind New York and America that their doom is imminent a la Sodom & Gomorrah," the group said.
Westboro has also voiced its affection for Murphy on social media. It has tweeted numerous videos of the baseball player and suggested Major League Baseball "should stop listening to GLAAD and tune into Daniel Murphy more often."
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like Josh Hamilton with Texas and Albert Pujols with the Cards in the same series a few years ago. And, of course, Curt Schilling a few years before that. 