The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a small, independent, unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church founded in 1955 by Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kansas. It is known for its strident opposition to homosexuality and the gay rights movement, often expressed through highly provocative and offensive protests, including picketing at funerals of soldiers, public events, and high-profile funerals to spread its message. The church has been widely condemned as a hate group for its hateful rhetoric and actions, and it attributes tragedies such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters to divine punishment for societal tolerance of sin, particularly homosexuality. The membership mostly consists of the extended Phelps family and a few others, keeping the group small but highly visible due to its confrontational protests.

Charlie Kirk's funeral, held recently, was notably protested by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. The church publicly announced its intention to picket the memorial, carrying signs with inflammatory messages aligning with their usual rhetoric. Despite social media claims that protesters at Kirk's memorial were liberals or Democrats, fact checks confirm the protesters were exclusively from the Westboro Baptist Church, consistent with their history of targeting high-profile funerals for maximum media exposure.

In summary, Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for its hateful protests against homosexuality and other groups and recently was involved in protests at the funeral of Charlie Kirk, continuing its longstanding pattern of provocative public demonstrations.