by Rex Wockner
Anti-gay Kansas pastor Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley have been banned from entering the United Kingdom, the Telegraph reported Feb. 19.
The "God hates fags" team had announced plans to picket a performance of The Laramie Project on Feb. 20 at a school arts center in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behavior by inciting hatred against a number of communities. … We will continue to stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country."
In an interview with the BBC, Shirley Phelps-Roper stated: "There are members of WBC (Westboro Baptist Church) that are not named Phelps. …Unless they intend to begin checking the bare backsides of every person coming into that country to find that tattoo that says 'Property of WBC,' they will have no way of identifying who is from WBC."
In the end, a single, unidentified demonstrator showed up and was chased off by about 50 counterprotesters, the BBC reported.
