Hatred Church: "God Hates Fags&Lady Gaga-Lady Gaga: "God Loves Gaga"

NEW YORK - JULY 4: Shirley Phelps-Roper holds up signs as she joins fellow members  of the Westboro Baptist Church, from Topeka, Kansas, as they protest across the street from  Ground Zero July 4, 2004 in New York City. The church members believe that because of  homosexuals and America's rebelious and immoral conducts, God has brought on acts of  terrorism as a way of punishing society. (Photo by Monika Graff/Getty Images) Posted: Saturday, 17 July 2010 9:34PM 1010Wins.CBS Lady Gaga Addresses Concert Protesters on Facebook

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (1010 WINS)  -- Grammy award-winning recording artist Lady Gaga  addressed a group of angry protesters via her Facebook and Twitter accounts hours before  her Monster Ball concert was set to begin at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Saturday night. PHOTO GALLERY 1: Lady Gaga Performs on "The Today Show" PHOTO GALLERY 2: Lady Gaga Catches the Mets Game An hour before the concert started, the 24-year-old pop singer wrote the following message to her fans on Facebook: “At the risk of drawing attention to a hateful organization, I would like to make my… fans aware of a protest being held outside the [concert] in St. Louis tonight.” “My request to [fans] and public authorites[sic] is to pay these hate criminals no mind. Do not interact with them, or try to fight. … Do not respond to any of their provocation. Don't waste your words, or feelings, no matter what you hear or see you are more fortunate and blessed than they are, and in your heart just pray for them,” she wrote. Fred Phelps’ controversial Westboro Baptist Church, which organized the protest,  said via its website: “We … warn this little false prophetess and all of her over-indulged  sycophants that  they are each one, individually heading straight to hell in a gender-confused,  self-loathing,  tone-deaf hand basket.” As a result, Gaga fans have started trending '#GodLovesGaga' on Twitter. Based in Topeka, Kansas, the independent Baptist church is known for  its protest activities  which include picketing funerals and desecrating the American flag.