The Westboro Baptist Church, an extremely controversial group that has made anti-gay messages its hallmark, is the latest group asking to place a holiday sign at the state capitol. "Santa Claus will take you to hell," it begins. The sign, the contents of which are posted below, says that "God's hate" is to blame for the weak economy, that Santa's a child molester and responsible for the death of U.S. troops. All of which is very much in keeping with the church's tactic of spreading its anti-gay message with controversial signs at high-profile funerals and other events/Rich Roesler, Eye On Olympia. More here.

Question: Should Washington allow hatemonger Fred Phelps to erect a sign in the state capitol, too?

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