Anti-gay religious group pickets veterans hospital

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Hines Illinois Members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka Kansas picket a Veterans Administration rehabilitation hospital The group is led by Pastor Fred Phelps It maintains that God is killing and maiming American soldiers because America accepts homosexuality Shirley Phelps Roper a daughter of Fred Phelps carries signs outside the hospital

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