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SummerSnow

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Sun Aug 17, 2014, 08:58 AM Aug 2014

Westboro Baptist Church's Plan To Protest Robin Williams' Funeral Thwarted By Love

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/15/westboro-baptist-church-robin-williams_n_5682288.html?cps=gravity

The Westboro Baptist Church is trying to spread its vile message of intolerance with a disgraceful protest of Robin Williams' funeral, but Planting Peace is not letting the hate take root.

Williams was found dead in his Tiburon, California, home on Monday. His funeral is set to be a "very private" ceremony in San Francisco near his home. In spite of the actor's family's request for privacy and respect, WBC announced plans to picket Williams' funeral on Aug. 11 after labeling him a "Fag Pimp."

Planting Peace, a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 with a mission to spread love and equality around the globe, is set on challenging WBC's planned protest with a fundraiser. (The group also owns the Equality House, which is situated directly adjacent to the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.)"When the WBC announced they were protesting Robin’s funeral, we felt like launching a fundraiser for a charity Robin loved would be the perfect way to honor him and counteract the message of hate and intolerance that the WBC continues to convey,"


** religious terrorism**assholes
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Westboro Baptist Church's Plan To Protest Robin Williams' Funeral Thwarted By Love (Original Post) SummerSnow Aug 2014 OP
Exactly! They are "** religious terrorism**assholes" n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #1
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