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said today it will picket legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's funeral. Margie Phelps sent a tweet shortly after

saying "WBC will picket his funeral."

Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, has also recently

for the Penn State-Nebraska game, which was the first played after former Penn State assistant coach

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in March.

Members of Westboro Baptist Church

, such as children's deaths in fires or military personnel killed in wars. Their protests have deeply offended people everywhere they have gone. However, the group recently won a U.S. Supreme Court case, in which the court ruled that WBC has the right to protest funerals under the First Amendment.

This story was updated from an earlier version.

