Russell brand interviews westboro baptist church

Described as a "homophobic and anti-Semitic hate group" by the Anti-Defamation League, the Westboro Baptist Church is no joke.

The group -- infamous for using pickets with vitriolic phrases like "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers" -- regularly stages anti-gay protests across the country.

Members often picket funerals for American servicemen and, sometimes, those for children.

So, when British comedian Russell Brand invited two members from the Kansas-based church onto his FX show, "Brand X," more than a few eyebrows were raised.

LGBT website Queerty describes the recent meeting:

Steve Drain (the one wearing the charming PriestsRapeBoys.com T-shirt) and Timothy Phelps (most likely of the notorious Phelps klan) gifted Brand with a large placard bearing [the words "Fag Pimp"] and then the three got to talking about the Church’s favorite topic: gay sex.

After claiming that Madonna, Mahatma Gandhi and “definitely” Tom Hanks are going to hell, Drain and Phe