On January 25 , 2004 , Phelps picketed five churches ( three Catholic and two Episcopalian ) and the Federal Courthouse for what he said was their part in legitimizing same-sex marriages in Iowa . A community response was to hold counter-protests and a multifaith service in the municipal auditorium . On January 15 , 2006 , Westboro members protested a memorial for Sago Mine disaster victims , claiming that the mining accident was God 's revenge against the U.S. for its tolerance of homosexuality
Sago Mine disaster
Sago Mine disaster
Westboro Baptist Church