his daughter and the family plan to do now. crime and punishment tonight. we begin as always keeping them honest. tonight the church that preaches hate, plain and simple, hate in public places, hate in moments of great pain and great loss. talking about the westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas. i'm sure you've heard of them, it's a tiny congregation whose members aren't content to spew their hate in the confines of their church. the man who runs the westboro baptist church loves publicity and he's made a name for himself by picketing funerals of fallen troops. their tortured logic is that america's war dead are somehow god's punishment for the country tolerating gays and lesbians. their actions and whether or not it should be protected by the first amendment is now being decided by the supreme court. we talk about it tonight, however, because tomorrow the group will protest outside the funeral of elizabeth edwards in raleigh, north carolina. in a moment you'll hear from some good people who are planning to drown out this group's hate with love. we've always avoided even mentioning this church on this