Westboro Baptist Church

Brad Paisley is defending the Instagram selfie he took in front of protestors from Westboro Baptist Church before his show in Bonner Springs, Kan. on June 1, saying that his dislike for the group stems from his dedicated support of American soldiers.

Brad Paisley played Kansas City, Mo. on Sunday night, which means he got a special greeting from the Westboro Baptist Church. Like Vince Gill and others have done before, he confronted the group. But he put a very Paisley-like spin on his interaction.

The news just broke that Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps has died. If you're not familiar with Fred and the Westboro Baptist Church, they hate pretty much everyone and do a lot of terrible things to spread their message of hate.

Fred Phelps, who founded the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday night at a hospice in Topeka, Kansas. He was 84.

Blake Shelton has responded to the rumor that the Westboro Baptist Church would be picketing his upcoming Oct. 3 show in Kansas City, Mo. The Twitter exchange was ... colorful, to say the least, with both sides using words you may not want showing up on your computer screen at work.

Vince Gill was worked up when he took to the streets to confront members of the Westboro Baptist Church on Sunday (Sept. 8). The group was set up outside his concert venue to protest what they called adultery by the singer.

We've all heard the saying about the pot calling the kettle black. Well, apparently the people at Westboro Baptist Church haven't. In a recent flyer promoting a WBC protest, the church gang accuse Americans of being illiterate. The problem is that they misspelled the word "illiterate". Apparently, WBC hates spell check as well.

Westboro Baptist Church has announced that they will picket the funeral of country great George Jones, which is to be held Thursday (May 2) at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

In one of the unlikeliest scenarios imaginable, the rabidly anti-gay rights group Westboro Baptist Church is blaming country superstar Carrie Underwood for the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut. The group's spokesperson claimed via Twitter that Underwood's support of equal rights for same-sex marriage helped bring down God's wrath upon the innocent victims.