Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket liquor store in Moore, Oklahoma

Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for picketing the funerals of AIDS patients and Iraq War veterans, says it will stage a protest at a liquor store in Moore that is celebrating the death of the church’s former pastor, Fred Phelps, with a sign proclaiming a sale on Champagne.

Moore Liquor, at 914 SW 4, has gained a local reputation for its humorous, frequently off-color marquee signs. The shop marquee even has its own Facebook page: facebook.com/MooreLiquorMarquee and Twitter account: twitter.com/MooreLiquorMarq, where followers can see regular photos of the latest roadside witticisms.

“Fred Phelps, 1929-2014. Champagne 10% off! Not a coincidence,” is the latest storefront marquee message.

Shop owner Bryan Kerr said he put up the sign this week after Phelps died March 19. Phelps gained national fame after picketing the funeral of gay college student Matthew Shepard after he was murdered in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo.