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Chamber and committees

Planned Westboro Baptist Church Visit to Aberdeen

  • Submitted by: Mark McDonald, North East Scotland, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2011
  • Motion reference: S4M-00609

That the Parliament notes the stated intention of the Westboro Baptist Church to picket Queen's Cross Church in Aberdeen in protest at the presence of the Reverend Scott Rennie; further notes that the Westboro Baptist Church has gained notoriety for its extreme, homophobic views and pickets of American soldiers' funerals; also notes that the head of the church, Pastor Fred Phelps, and his daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper, appeared on a list of individuals banned from entering the United Kingdom in 2009; considers that the views espoused by Pastor Phelps and his followers have no place in 21st century Scotland, and calls on the Home Secretary to confirm that the ban on their entry to the UK is still in place and to consider extending it to cover all known members of Westboro Baptist Church.


Supported by: Marco Biagi, Bob Doris, Jim Eadie, Linda Fabiani, John Finnie, Adam Ingram, Bill Kidd, John Mason, Alison McInnes, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Dennis Robertson, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Maureen Watt, Paul Wheelhouse