Sandy Hook outdoor memorial (ABC News)
After the Westboro Baptist Church suggested on Twitter its intention to picket the Newtown, Connecticut site where 26? shooting victims died -- including 20 children -- hackers retaliated.
Shirley Phelps-Roper, a spokesperson for the Westboro church, and daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, posted on Twitter, "Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment."
That unpopular message spurred hacker activists into action.
The church, which has been notorious for protesting military funerals with unwelcome messages,
found itself gagged on Twitter as their website and Twitter accounts were hacked.
Over the weekend, the hacktivist group Anonymous posted what it said was personal information of members of the Westboro Baptist Church. In a video posted on Vimeo, the hacker group accused the organization of "breeding hatred" and adding, "We will destroy you. We are coming."
The Anonymous site has also directed readers to an online petition asking that the church's tax-exempt status be investigated. Over 9,000 signatures have been added. The petition reads in part,
The Westboro Baptist Church is better-known for homophobic displays, suing people and picketing funerals than for providing Christian care to a community. Due to their harassment and politicking, their IRS tax-exempt status should be immediately investigated.
Another petition wants the Westboro Baptist Church to be identified as a hate group, not a religious group.
The statement on the petition notes that the Westboro Baptist Church has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and has "repeatedly displayed the actions typical of hate groups." That petition has received over 107,000 signatures so far.
Westboro Baptist Church members have been present at funerals for victims of mass shootings in Tucson, Arizona , and Aurora, Colorado.
Citing the First Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled on Westboro's behalf that it may protest at funerals.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/protest-westboro-baptist-church-erupts-185802032.html
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