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LIVE BLOG: Students use Westboro Baptist Church protest as fundraiser

Google StreetView and Satellite view of the Islamic Center of Boston. (Screenshot: Google Maps)

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), a group based in Topeka, Kansas known for protesting military funerals and for their vocal anti-gay and anti-Islamic agenda is coming to Wayland on Friday December 3 to protest at the Islamic Center of Boston from 7:50 to 8:20 am.

A student-organized fundraiser will take place near this location to raise money for groups the WBC protests. Some students also have expressed plans to counter-protest the WBC at the event. Stay tuned to WSPN for continuing coverage throughout the day.

We will be providing live coverage of the event as it unfolds starting shortly before the event (you do not need to refresh this page to see the live blog start, or subsequent updates).

8:22 AM EST: Live blog coverage has ended. See the replay below.

Westboro Baptist Church Protest LIVE BLOG

ERROR: It was reported that Shelby Phelps-Roper was present. It was actually Shirley Phelps-Roper.

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