APEX — Facebook group: Protect Elizabeth Edwards funeral from Westboro Baptist Church
Time: Saturday, December 11 · 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Edenton Street United Methodist Church, 228 West Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC
A Kansas church famous for its anti-homosexual protests at funerals plans to protest at the Saturday funeral of Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.
Let's create a human buffer between Elizabeth Edwards and the Westboro church
The Westboro church plans to protest for 45 minutes before the funeral set for 1 p.m. at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in downtown Raleigh, according to the church's website.
The Westboro church website throws invective at Edwards but gives no specific reason why they chose to protest her funeral.
The Topeka, Kansas, church is well known for holding anti-homosexual protests at funerals, often at those of soldiers. The church, which is not affiliated with any larger Baptist group, is led by Fred Phelps and mostly attended by his family members.
Edwards, 61, died Tuesday at her Chapel Hill home after a six-year battle with breast cancer.
