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Church wants to protest at Steve Jobs funeral

A Kansas-based church, infamous for protesting at the funerals of dead American soldiers, now says it plans to picket at the funeral of Steve Jobs, although no funeral details have been publicly shared yet.Margie Phelps, daughter of the Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, shared that news via Twitter. Ironically, her tweet showed as being posted from ... an iPhone.Th
** EDS: NOTE OFFENSIVE CONTENT ** FILE ** Westboro Baptist church member Gabriel Phelps-Roper, 10, and his sister Grace Phelps-Roper, 13, both of Topeka, Kan., protest at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder in Westminster, Md. in this March 10, 2006, file photo. The father of the fallen Marine has been awarded $2.9 million by a jury that found leaders of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist church had invaded the family's privacy when they picketed the Marine's funeral. (AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dylan Slagle) ** NO SALES **
** EDS: NOTE OFFENSIVE CONTENT ** FILE ** Westboro Baptist church member Gabriel Phelps-Roper, 10, and his sister Grace Phelps-Roper, 13, both of Topeka, Kan., protest at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder in Westminster, Md. in this March 10, 2006, file photo. The father of the fallen Marine has been awarded $2.9 million by a jury that found leaders of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist church had invaded the family's privacy when they picketed the Marine's funeral. (AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dylan Slagle) ** NO SALES **Dylan Slagle / Today

A Kansas-based church, infamous for protesting at the funerals of dead American soldiers, now says it plans to picket at the funeral of Steve Jobs, although no funeral details have been publicly shared yet.

Margie Phelps, daughter of the Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, shared that news via Twitter. Ironically, her tweet showed as being posted from ... an iPhone.

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The church's members — who are mainly from the Phelps family — have picketed military funerals around the country because they believe U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are "God's punishment" for America's tolerance of homosexuality. In March, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects the church members participating in such protests.

"Westboro will picket his funeral," tweeted Margie Phelps about Jobs. "He had a huge platform; gave God no glory & taught sin."

As to the criticism about her tweeting from an iPhone, Phelps also tweeted this: "Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell. God created iPhone for that purpose! :)"

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