Westboro Baptist Church plan a protest at Robin Williams' memorial service..?..
 

..I don't know if this is true or not because of how often these things are rumoured and don't always happen...



A private memorial service is being planned for actor Robin Williams.

Williams, 63, was found dead in his San Francisco home on Monday. (11 August) According to the preliminary result of the forensic investigation, his cause of death was asphyxiation by hanging.

Close friends and family have started arriving at his home town in Tiburon, California, for the service.

A source told E! News that the memorial "will be small," as the couple were "both very private people."

While most of the world is united in mourning the loss of the much-loved star, members of the controversial Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church are planning a protest at the actor's memorial, over his portrayal of a gay man in the movie The Birdcage.

A message posted on the group's official Twitter page reads: "Westboro Baptist Church Hopes To Preach In Lawful Proximity To Robin Williams' Funeral - To Warn The Living: Repent Or Likewise Perish."

News of the demonstration has sparked widespread condemnation and prompted organisers at the global non-profit organisation Planting Peace, to launch a fundraiser to counter the church's plans.

A message from the charity's co-founder Aaron Jackson reads: "Robin Williams played many different roles in so many people's lives, and giving back to others was at the top of that list.

"His appeal crossed generational boundaries. I was personally impacted when I heard of his passing. This is a small gesture to honour his legacy and the difference he made to so many," he said.

Jackson said that when the WBC announced they were protesting the star's funeral, "we felt like launching a fundraiser for a charity Robin loved would be the perfect way to honour him and counteract the message of hate and intolerance that the WBC continues to convey."

The proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit St Jude Children's Hospital, which Williams supported during his life.

President Barack Obama led the tributes to Williams, describing him as "one of a kind," while Hollywood continues to mourn the death of the comic genius.

His children too, have each paid tribute to "their father and best friend."

Zelda Williams said: "Dad was, is and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I've ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world, but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colourful and less full of laughter in his absence. We'll just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again."

The actor's wife Susan Schneider, revealed he was suffering the early stages of Parkinson's disease




https://uk.news.yahoo.com/robin-will...1.html#xFwlUOI

Those bastards will do anything to get the media attention they crave.

Best thing to do is completely ignore them tbh. They are idiots.

Or… make it a civic duty to pelt them with pig sh1t every time they hold up an offensive placard. This is what I think about your Freedom of Speech *SPLAT*

This.

Why can't this whole load of religious extremists be transported to Northern Iraq so they can have a little one to one chat with ISIS.

Easy to spout their hate filled bile in the comfort of the US protected by armed Police.





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westboro baptists are doing the same for religion as dawkins is doing for atheism.....totally false prophets spreading hate and division, for their own ill gotten gains

Nice use of color-codes there Liv. I'm impressed. :clap1:

They came to my school last year too. They're literally such dicks

I didn't know they had ever been over here. -assumes you are in the UK-

Ah no this was when I was at school in New York in 2012

i would support this 100%.

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Right. That makes more sense. I don't think they have been over here. I don't think their message would be very well received in the UK.

I'm surprised at the school allowing them in though... I would have thought they were categorised as a hate group in the USA.

Well they weren't physically allowed on campus but they protested outside the gates, since I guess that's deemed as public property

Oh I see. I totally misunderstood you. I thought you meant they had come to speak at an assembly or something lol. Now it makes more sense.

I really think that the media need to ignore them for the most part. They thrive on the negative attention and publicity. If nobody bothered with them, there would be no point in their shenanigans.

Hahaha I see how you could've misunderstood me. I used to go to Vassar, which is basically the most liberal school of liberal schools in the United States, so the Westboro Baptist Church members came to protest at our school one day with banners such as "Fags will go to hell" and whatnot. My school responded to it extremely well though. We had a 'Love March' thing, where everyone held hands across campus in unity. And then couples (Male/Male or Female/Female) went near the gates and made out in front of the Church members! :laugh:

delighted to see and hear so many religious people and religious leaders criticizing these lunatics and distancing themselves from these evil attention seekers....just a shame the spineless atheist leaders dont do the same with dawkins

Think they are barred from the UK

good lets ban dawkins too

That is brilliant. It is the best way to respond to them to be honest. You can't fight hate with hate, so you may as well fight it with love. :)

This. Don't feed the real life Trolls and all that

marvellous we have a consensus , ignore them and snog