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GodHatesFags.com is a website run by Westboro Baptist Church, promoting their belief that God hates all gay people, no matter what. They are adamant in their hatred, and are equally adamant in the belief that everyone needs to hear it and believe it, as evidenced in this quote from the website: ""GOD HATES FAGS"...is a profound theological statement, which the world needs to hear more than it needs oxygen, water and bread."

The members of Westboro Baptist Church explain their decision to use the slur "fag" to refer to homosexuals in their FAQ ():

We use the word "fag" as a contraction of the word "faggot" or "fagot." A "fag" is a firebrand. A "fag" is used for kindling - it fuels fire. "Fag" is a metaphor used in the Bible, for example, in Amos 4:11 (where it is translated "firebrand" in the KJV). Just as a "fag" fuels the fires of nature, so does a sodomite fuel the fires of God's wrath. We do not use the word "fag" in order to engage in childish name-calling. Rather, we use it because it is a metaphor chosen by the Holy Ghost to describe a group of people who BURN in their lust one toward another, and who FUEL God's wrath.

They also espouse the opinion that the September 11 terrorist attacks and AIDS are acts of divine retribution. Their FAQ states "Thank God For September 11" and "Everyone who gets AIDS gets it as a direct result of God's will (including babies and people who get it from blood transfusions), and He should be blessed for it."