Recently I stumbled upon the documentary, “The Most Hated Family in America,” a documentary about the Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group based out of Topeka, Kansas and comprised predominantly of family members of the leader of the church, Fred Phelps. The Westboro Baptist Church protests outside of funerals of those in the military and homosexuals. Furthermore, this group protests against Jewish institutions, Catholicism and virtually every religion, pop star, Presidents and the list continues. But the most confusing was their condemnation of the media—from the entertainment to news media, which is depicted along with Biblical passages supporting their condemnation of media through their website godhatesmedia.com. However, through the use of media the Westboro Baptist Church spreads their message and it uses the media as an outlet to become noticed.
Resources:
Theroux, L. "America's Most Hated Family." BBC News. BBC, 30 Mar. 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6507971.stm.
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