Outside the arena, a small group of antigay protesters who held signs that said "God Hates Fags" faced off against a far larger crowd of supporters, among them many students and members of other churches.

It's repulsive to have to note that a group of protesters, taking the Lord's name in vain, held up signs outside the memorial service for the writer Randy Shilts reading "God Hates Fags."

She is best known as the spokesperson of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, an organization notorious for its highly publicized homophobic public protests conducted under the slogan "God Hates Fags."

On February 16, the freewheeling hacker collective decided to take on the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, best known for its "God Hates Fags" protests.

The Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for their picket signs that contain messages such as, "God Hates Fags," "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for 9/11."

The 2007 song The Bible Says, which includes the line "God Hates Fags" (sometimes used as an alternate title) caused considerable controversy when it was published on various websites.

In February 2011, an open letter was published on AnonNews.org threatening the Westboro Baptist Church, an organization based in Kansas in the US known for picketing funerals with signs reading "God Hates Fags".