Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Roger Ebert's Funeral

[monmouth3]

The anti-gay group says it will protest outside the movie critic's memorial service Monday in Chicago.

Leaders of Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing at the funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers, have revealed that they plan to picket the funeral of late movie critic Roger Ebert on Monday.
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In its news release, the group calls Ebert a "f-g enabler" and complains that he used his Twitter "to mock the faithful servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church."

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On March 25, Ebert did in fact tweet a link to a Salon post that features an excerpt from a book by Jeff Chu titled Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America. Chu, a gay man, spent a day at Westboro as part of his research.

Ebert tweeted the link twice, once with the message "Just another day at Westboro Baptist" and again with a similar message: "One more day at the Westboro Baptist church."

If this wasn't so stupid/cry for attention I would ignore it. More at the link.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/westboro-baptist-church-picket-roger-434594

[Wounded Bear]

1. This needs to be publicized....

The counter protests could be fucking epic!

[el_bryanto]

6. I don't know - I can't get worked up about it

I mean - i am incredibly angry on the side of the family and mourners who have to put up with this shit; but on the other hand that's what Westboro wants. They want to get us angry and they want to be vilified. Either they believe that such vilification will reach the real true Christians hiding out of fear of Stalinist Political Correctioners, or they believe that the slings and arrows they suffer are proof that wicked world has rejected them or something.

They want us to counter protest. So I'm not sure we should.

Bryant

[hlthe2b]

2. Ohh, I know I shouldn't be surprised at these cretins, but this did make me

beyond angry. for Ebert all over again....

[RedstDem]

3. Where do they get the dough?

They're all over, do they own a child sweat shop somewhere?
Who's financing these idiots?

[rrneck]

4. They're attorneys.

They pick fights with people and sue them when they get them.

[MADem]

5. I wish those counter protesters with the giant angel wings would show up to block them...

Or better still, the party bus full of half naked people that Michael Moore did in one of his "Awful Truth" episodes. Those folks actually got them ON THE RUN! It was a beautiful sight to see.

[Blue Owl]

7. Why don't they go to hell and protest the "original sinner" himself?

Oh, and please stay there.