The God Hates Fags church is back. This time the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) who blame all the world’s problems on homosexuality, have announced that they’ll be picketing Michael Jackson’s funeral.

Michael is to be laid to rest tomorrow at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Fans and media are already gathering outside the venue.

The church is well known for picketing funerals – initially they picketed gay people’s funerals, but when they started picketing the funerals of fallen soldiers that was when America really responded. They claim that God killed these people as a punishment for America’s tolerance of homosexuality.

“Michael Wacko Jacko Jackson is in hell!” says an announcement on the group’s website. “WBC will be there to remind you to stop worshiping the dead. We will be there to tell you to thank God for the death of this filthy, adulterous, idolatrous, gender-confused, nationality-confused, unthankful brute beast. We will be there to remind you that God Killed Wacko Jacko.”

Over 1.5 million people entered their names into a lottery for a chance to attend the service, though only 8750 people were chosen to receive a ticket. The statement goes on to say that those who worship the star will join him in hell, and condemns those who joined the lottery.

“Stop worshiping this silly human… Save your money, stay away from that goofy place if you care about your never-dying souls. Each penny you spend to try to buy your way into that event will burn your flesh throughout all of eternity.”

Shirley Phelps-Roper, spokesperson from WBC told Same Same that in organising the protest they have been in close contact with the police.

“Our people are on the ground in LA,” says Shirley. “We have that First Amendment in Doomed America and while the various legislative bodies… are trying to shred that brightest star in the Constitutional Galaxy, to date, it is still secure in Los Angeles, California. Therefore, we do not need the permission of the organisers.”

Shirley said that they are to be placed in a secured zone. “But we’re close enough to the edge thereof to be seen by the multiplied masses of rebels of this world that speedy-quick got their goofy backsides from every corner of this globe to LA to worship at the dead and rotting carcass of that pervert Michael Jackson.”

According to Shirley, the WBC have been inundated with messages from around the globe “breathing out threatening and slaughter” to her loved ones, but they aren’t worried because of the huge numbers of police who will be deployed for the event, and because they have god on their side.

“The blogging is off the charts with each one describing what they hope happens to my little loves – two of my children are in that group – my eldest son Samuel and my youngest daughter Grace… There are more police deployed for this event than ever in the history of that city. Our God who owns it all made that to be the case.”