According to the Westboro Baptist Church’s Web site, the Kansas church known for its anti-homosexual protests will protest Elizabeth Edwards’s funeral in Raleigh, N.C., near the Edenton Street United Methodist Church on Saturday.
Elizabeth Edwards died Tuesday from cancer. Westboro’s Web site does not say why it has singled out Edwards’s funeral, but it regularly attends funerals of military personnel.
The Edenton Street United Methodist Church said it is aware of the planned protest, and senior staff officials are meeting to decide what to do about the issues surrounding it.