Taylor Swift has become the next target for Westboro Baptist Church. The extremist group made it known that they plan to picket Swift's concert on August 3 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO.
The Church tweeted: "@TaylorSwift13 works her 'girl next door' country-singer shtick, while hopping from one young man to the next and strutting across the world stage like a proud whore."
In an interview with Radar Online, Ben Phelps, grandson of WBC leader, Fred Phelps, Sr., called her a whore. "This girl is a whore. Who else is gonna say that if it's not the church of the Lord Jesus?"
Phelps says that since she has such a huge influence on young women that she has "a duty to tell about God's standards and has absolutely failed."
Even though the Topeka, Kansas-based hate group feels strongly about this, there may be only about fifteen people at the picket. Phelps isn't concerned about the numbers as long as the message is given.
"We really are not concerned with people's support. We're concerned about putting the standard of God out there. Especially when you have a person like this who is inexplicably loved and revered. She's a whore! I mean come on."
There may be a plan, but doesn't mean WBC will go through with it. According to an article by Huffington Post back in April, WBC has bailed fifteen times on pickets, including the Newton Vigil and Roger Ebert's funeral.
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