Radical religious group say God willed massacre

A RADICAL American Baptist family has claimed God sent the gunman to kill the 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech — and has said it will preach at the victims’ funerals.

On its website Godhatesamerica.com, the Westboro Baptist Church said God willed the mass murder to occur.

The church in Kansas has caused uproar across America in the past by claiming Hurricane Katrina was an act of God to kill homosexuals and by picketing mourners of soldiers killed in Iraq. It claims Americans are killed to mark God’s revenge on the US for tolerating homosexuality.