View full sizeWestboro Baptist Church member Jacob Phelps of Topeka, Kan. holds signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The church members are nationally known for fierce opposition to homosexuality and frequently conduct protests at the funerals of US soldiers claiming their deaths are punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. (AP file photo)
According to its website, Westboro Baptist Church members will be picketing the funeral of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed trying to disarm the gunman who went on to kill 25 others at the school last week.
The funeral, set for today, will be in Woodbury, Conn.
The group's website -- whose url contains a homosexual slur -- lists opportunities to picket funerals around the country.
Under the heading of "Picket Schedule," the church's website reads today:
Woodbury Funeral Home in Woodbury, CT December 19, 2012 2:15' PM – 3:00 PM
WBC to picket the funeral of Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung.
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