Does God Hate Basketball? Westboro Baptist Church Will Protest at the Final Four in Phoenix
This weekend, the Final Four is expected to bring upward of 70,000 people to the Phoenix area to watch basketball. There will be thousands more gathering for the Arizona Diamondbacks' baseball season opener, the March Madness Music Festival featuring Keith Urban, the Chainsmokers and Aerosmith, the Phoenix Symphony's two performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, a Phoenix Suns' home NBA game, and more.
And members of the perennially-desperate-for-attention Westboro Baptist Church, best known for protesting at funerals and hating gay people, also plan to make an appearance.
Here's their picketing schedule, as announced on their website:
Saturday, April 1, 1:30-3 p.m.: University of Phoenix, Glendale
Sunday, April 2, 8:30-9 a.m.: St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, Surprise
Sunday, April 2, 10:30-11 a.m.: Word of Life Lutheran Church, Surprise
Monday, April 3, 6:50-7:20 a.m.: Centennial High School, Peoria
Monday, April 3, 8:30-9 a.m.: University of Arizona Health Sciences Education Building, Phoenix
Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/westboro-baptist-church-will-protest-the-final-four-in-phoenix-this-weekend-9197062
Cross-posted in the Arizona Group.
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