Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, known for its vocal condemnations of homosexuality, website GodHatesFags.com and picketing of gay pride parades and funerals, has sustained thousands of dollars in damage after a fire early on Saturday morning. Impromptu protest followed as firefighters carried out their response. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Church pastor Fred Phelps has issued a video statement on the fire, in which he states the fire was "no doubt the work of fags or fag symphathisers." The video statement is shown below.