Westboro B*ptist Church's plan to picket (a favorite target) a production of The Laramie Project at Basingstoke, Hampshire, has been cripped at the British border.
"Homophobic American cleric" Fred Phelps, who heads Westboro Baptist Church, and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper, had announced plans to lead protests against the play and have been banned from doing so by Britain's home secretary, Jacqui Smith. Other members of the family may be banned as well.
The UK Border Agency applied the British "exclusions policy," targeted at "all those who seek to stir up tension and provoke others to violence regardless of their origins and beliefs." They said, "Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behavior by inciting hatred against a number of communities."
No mention was made of Phelps' companion website God Hates the World, which this week stated: "God hates England. Your Queen is a whore. You're going to hell."
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