Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Elizabeth Taylor's Funeral

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Time

Friends and family of Elizabeth Taylor may get unexpected visitors at her funeral — picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Margie Phelps, daughter of the hate group's leader Fred Phelps, tweeted Wednesday that they would picket Taylor's funeral, most likely because of Taylor's gay friends and humanitarian work against AIDS. Phelps also tweeted several attacks on Taylor, including "RIP Elizabeth Taylor is in hell as sure as you're reading this & getting mad as a wet hen. She should've obeyed God. Too late!"

Taylor was a prominent AIDS activist, starting the American Foundation for AIDS Research after the 1985 death of Rock Hudson. In 25 years, the foundation raised over $100 million. (via TMZ)

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/23/westboro-baptist-church-plans-to-protest-elizabeth-taylors-funeral/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh God, not THEM again!

Well, they sure are carving out a proper niche for themselves........in hell!

:eyes:

[FiveGoodMen]

2. If only there were a hell

Then we could count on the score eventually being settled.

As it is, I'd like to create hell-on-earth for them.

After all, they've done it for so many others.

[Ilsa]

13. Me too. They need a taste of their own medicine. We need to picket

Their weddings, funerals, church services, everything. If I lived in that city, I'd love to participate. I might even plan a few days vacation for it if there was a protest event against them.

[VermeerLives]

11. LOL! They're baaack!

Seriously, these are truly despicable and vile people, and that's an understatement.

[windowpilot]

62. Typical christians,

always needing attention, losers.

[Bertha Venation]

64. This atheist says to you, windowpilot: These are not "typical christians."

These are sick, evil radicals. The Christ (from which comes "christian") depicted in the bible was a radical because he advocated love for one's neighbor. Show me how the Phelps's love their neighbors.

[MinneapolisMatt]

3. LOL

Good luck with THAT one.

[Drale]

4. Theres going to be lots of rich angry celebs there

how might feel the need to put out a hit. Just sayin

[jberryhill]

5. Must we?

They crave negative attention, and we give it to them.

[struggle4progress]

60. +

[RKP5637]

6. These people just don't get it, they're the ones headed to hell. They seem to

have an inflated self-image problem.

[thereismore]

7. They are fucking necrophiliacs, nothing else. nt

[RKP5637]

10. Very good observation. I think so. n/t

[Demeter]

8. Doubtful these Gate Crashers Can Get Within One County of the Funeral

Got to admire them for their brashness--but nothing else.

[Rage for Order]

9. FFS

[hlthe2b]

12. Such record ugliness from one family....

Now, would certainly be a good time for the earth to swallow them up. :eyes:

[Vinnie From Indy]

14. Yawn!

UNREC

I could give a shit what that evil bitch Margie Phelps tweets about anything.

It seems that Margie has convinced many that they should propagate every evil fart that comes out of her mouth or on Twitter by posting these stories on Intertube discussion boards. In truth, Westboro has legions of unwitting soldiers to carry their messages of hate.

Cheers!

[sandyj999]

15. Well of Course They Will

And Elizabeth won't care. Although they keep threatening and then don't show. The less attention given to them the better.

[BuelahWitch]

22. Yes, they should be ignored into poverty

They make their money by filing suits anytime their "free speech" is violated. That's how they live.

[derby378]

37. Ignoring bullies doesn't work - never has, never will

You ignore them, they'll simply find more insidious ways to get in your face until one of you throws the first punch.

[DeSwiss]

16. Just. Stop. It.

[whosinpower]

17. I am not a religious person but

Elizabeth Taylor walked closer to God than ANY of these misfits.....

And the deity they adore....is not God.

[liberalmuse]

18. I KNEW it.

Those fucks. I hope the gays kick the living shit out of them this time around. Hell, I will.

[jaysunb]

19. Good luck w/ that Phelps. The LAPD don't play

that shit, and you'll also learn that the folks here in So. Cal don't either. :evilfrown:

I hadn't planned to attend, but now.....:)

[glinda]

20. Attention whoring big time with celebs there. Truly sick.

[slackmaster]

21. I wish I could channel Rodney Dangerfield to help express how low those people are

All I've got is "lower than a snake's belly."

[auntsue]

23. As a life long citizen of SoCal I say - let me at 'em.

I think I need to get my self over the the funeral and join with my neighbors to block the Phelphs' from being seen. If they're surrounded then Ms. Taylor's family and friends won't see them. I'd like to pound them but that's what they want.

[shanti2]

24. These are disgusting human trash...

[fishwax]

25. ugh -- no surprise there, I suppose

:puke:

[Liberal Veteran]

26. Perhaps it is time to just ignore them?

These people are essentially the real life version of internet trolls.

You aren't going to shame them into decency, so just pretend they don't even exist and stop giving them the attention they so desperately crave.

[Faygo Kid]

27. Of course they will. There is no floor beneath that scum.

They can't tarnish her.

[aquart]

34. No, they can't.

She is now immortal. They ain't.

[madrchsod]

28. that won`t go well.......

[pitohui]

29. haters hate, it's what they do

taylor was an angel on this earth to many, she made many generous gifts to stop the suffering and set an example at a time when a lot of people were embarrassed to acknowledge the existence of aids/hiv out loud -- our awful president at the time, who should have known the same folks in hollywood, had no heart or caring in him at all -- taylor had to take a stand to draw attention and funding to the cause and make it "cool" while reagan hid in his ignorance and senility

as for these haters, what have they done to heal and comfort the sick? oh yeah, that's right...fuck all, nothing...these folks need to pick up a bible and read it for a change instead of making shit up, there's plenty in there about how you should help the sick, nothing in there about how you should be spreading hate of the gays

[RKP5637]

32. +1, n/t

[nolabear]

30. Aren't there some really really tough gay bikers who could, shall we say, "Counterprotest"?

I'd enjoy that.

[No Elephants]

33. Bikers of all sexual orientations often do protest. Personally, I'd rather see heteros doing it.

Take one for the team--the human team--so gays don't have to face this ugliness in person.

They have to put up with much too much on a daily basis as it is.

[No Elephants]

31. I can almost hear Ms. Taylor, who had a very salty vocabulary, calling from Heaven

"Protest this, you sad motherfucking skin sacks of steaming warm shit. You're not fit to wash Rock Hudson's bedpans. Or even to be Rock Hudson's bedpans. God wouldn't use you for pig swill."



I don't usually think that way. Maybe I channeled.

[aquart]

35. You should stay tuned to that channel.

[paparush]

36. If we ignore these idiots, if the M$M would ignore these idiots, they'd go away.

[niyad]

40. sadly, all of you who think so are incorrect. they don't care--they are so full of hate it doesn't

matter to them whether we ignore them or face them.
have you ever been face to face with these sick and twisted, pathetic wastes of oxygen? I have--they are so convinced of their righteousness that nothing else matters to them. they were met with nearly 2,000 residents of this reddest of all counties and didn't care one bit.

[The Nexus]

38. Justifiable Drive By?

perhaps, but that's my opinion.

[lbrtbell]

45. That deserves a DUzy!

:rofl:

[paparush]

57. Using a DUzi?

[Fearless]

39. So lets round up a couple thousand people and put them between them and her.

[cbdo2007]

43. This is actually the first time I could see this being a possibility.

When it's soldiers in Kansas is different than in LA at a celebrity funeral.

[LawnKorn]

41. Westboro is intentionally trying to provoke a violent incident in order to give them grounds to sue

The folks of the Westboro Baptist Church would like nothing better than to be on the receiving end of some action giving them grounds for a lawsuit.

The trouble is, the action they are headed for could quite possible include one or more of the church members dieing in a confrontation.

[FarLeftRage]

42. satan's own anal warts... they are.

motherfuckers...

[lbrtbell]

44. People should donate to the AIDS foundation in the WBC's name

Then send the receipts to the WBC. :rofl:

[tripperfan]

46. Westbrook Baptist Church Plans to Protest Elizabeth Taylor's Funeral

This group is so ridiculous I've often wondered if they're agent provocateurs.

[Adsos Letter]

47. Well, I'll say this about them...they have ZERO sense of shame...

and that's about all I can put into writing about these...people.

[deutsey]

48. A savvy marketing strategy on their part.

:evilfrown:

[Thor_MN]

49. How hard is it to get a license to sell beer in Topeka?

I want to set up to be able to sell beer to the masses that will be lined up where ever the bury Fred when he kicks the bucket. Can't work up a good piss without some liquid refreshment.

[alp227]

50. I can't wait for the WBC to implode. Seriously getting annoying. n/t

[Hulk]

51. I really hope her fans beat the sh*t out of them!

Probably lose this comment..but this really pisses me off. Bad enough they push the limits with insulting the poor mutilated military funerals..but this is just pushing it one more step further. Time to react to these scum bags. I'd gladly take their signs out of their hands and start a problem if it was anywhere near me...and I'm 63 years old.

[1776Forever]

52. I would hope enough people would show up to make a human shield against them even getting front row

to do it!

Loved Elizabeth!

:loveya:

[catzies]

53. UPDATE: Miss Taylor was buried today, WBC will probably spew their bile at public memorial. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

54. Honestly, is there anyone's funeral that they will not protest at? n/t

[zen_bohemian]

55. These are truly the most annoying people

People are getting tired of them, I am really surprised that groups at funerals haven't ran these vile people off, some day this is going to end up happening.

[fascisthunter]

56. What a Waste of a Life

getting into people's shit especially when folks are mourning is a sad pathetic existence.

[LibertyLover]

58. Too late - she was buried yesterday

Ms. Taylor was Jewish and requested that she be buried the day after her death. In her will she also specified that her body arrive 15 minutes after the posted start time, so it could be said that she was late for her own funeral. There will be a memorial service to honor her, but no plans have been finalized for it yet.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

59. She outwitted them!

They probably don't know that Jews and Muslims bury a dead person within 48 hours, I assume to prevent disease. And also because they do not do viewings like Christians do.

I'm sure they didn't know that Miss Taylor was Jewish. I hope she and her violet eyes rock on in the next world, if there is one. :D

[LongTomH]

61. 'Jesus is ashamed of you, Mr. Phelps!'

That's what I shouted at their group when they showed up at Barak Obama's one appearance in Kansas City.

[Zorra]

63. Fred Phelps is in hell. The awful hell of his own hate-filled, confused, ignorant consciousness.

[wordpix]

65. these people are insane - someone should commit them