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Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Betty Ford’s Funeral
Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Betty Ford’s Funeral
Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Betty Ford’s Funeral
The Westboro Baptist Church is at it again. The fundamentalist and anti-gay group has announced it will picket the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford, who died last week, because she got divorced before marrying the man who would later become President Gerald Ford. This, the group says, made her an adulterer who "loved to sit with tawdry reporters and blather about sex."
Steven Tyler and Stevie Nicks Eulogize Betty Ford
Steven Tyler and Stevie Nicks Eulogize Betty Ford
Steven Tyler and Stevie Nicks Eulogize Betty Ford
It's always a national story when a former first lady dies -- but when Betty Ford passed away over the weekend at the age of 93, the news affected not only those who remembered her years in the White House, but the thousands of people whose lives were affected by her groundbreaking work in addiction therapy. Long before 'rehab' became a popular concept, Ford lent her name to the treatment center t