OT: Church to Protest Ledger Memorial

[Sharon Too]

Eeee gads. Sick. The Screen Actors Guild should gather as many out of work
actors as they can get and stage a memorial. Let them picket that. Then in a
private, unannounced location they can have the real memorial.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22813570/?GT1=10755

Church plans to protest Ledger's memorial
Actor's role in 'Brokeback' calls 'God a liar,' radical group claims
By Courtney Hazlett
The Scoop
updated 12:00 a.m. ET, Thurs., Jan. 24, 2008

The radical Baptist church known for picketing the funerals of American
soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq has announced that they intend to
protest Heath Ledger's stateside memorial service because he played a gay
character in "Brokeback Mountain."
"You cannot live in defiance of God. He (Ledger) got on that big screen with
a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's OK to be gay," said Shirley
Phelps in a statement sent out by the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist
Church.

The only compelling reason to ignore Westboro Baptist's reprehensible
intentions is that highlighting the vast inappropriateness of their thoughts
and actions only brings the church more publicity. However, if the members
of Westboro Baptist get to speak their minds, every individual who feels
that this is an affront to most basic standards of human ethics should be
able to as well.

"Wow, that should make his family feel great," one person close to Ledger
said angrily in response to the announcement. "I seriously don't understand
what is wrong with people. This is the last thing his family needs."

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) told me, "We
sincerely hope that Heath Ledger is laid to rest and his family is allowed
to grieve in a private and peaceful ceremony."

On Jan. 22, GLAAD said that "Heath Ledger will forever be remembered for his
groundbreaking role as Ennis del Mar in 'Brokeback Mountain.' His powerful
portrayal changed hearts and minds in immeasurable ways." Those close to
Ledger agree. But moreover, those close to him want Ledger to be remembered
as a man who loved his family and appreciated the career he'd had.

To be fair, the people of the Westboro Baptist Church aren't the only ones
displaying poor taste. Fox News' John Gibson on Jan. 22 opened his radio
show with funeral music and mocked a signature line from "Brokeback,"
saying, "Well, he found out how to quit you." (When Gibson was contacted to
explain his comments, he declined.)

[Xena]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:39:21 -0500, "Sharon Too"

Post by Sharon Too
To be fair, the people of the Westboro Baptist Church aren't the only ones
displaying poor taste. Fox News' John Gibson on Jan. 22 opened his radio
show with funeral music and mocked a signature line from "Brokeback,"
saying, "Well, he found out how to quit you." (When Gibson was contacted to
explain his comments, he declined.)

And to make matters worse Best Buy had a sale at one of it's stores
of all their HL movies. (Both this and the John Gibson items were
listed on Keith Olberman worst person list.)

This is still 2008 isn't it?

A news flash for you in the Westboro Baptist Church: HL was an actor
playing a role. It was a fictional movie.

[Nancy2]

Post by Sharon Too
Eeee gads. Sick. The Screen Actors Guild should gather as many out of work

That baptist church and its leading family of nutcases should all take
a flying leap into the Grand Canyon, to meet their "god."

N.

[Dropping The Helicopter]

Post by Nancy2

Post by Sharon Too
Eeee gads. Sick. The Screen Actors Guild should gather as many out of work

Then they'd find a reason to sue the Guild. That's the M.O. of these
pus bags - incite some sort of reaction, then sue. That's how they make
their "living".

Post by Nancy2
That baptist church and its leading family of nutcases should all take
a flying leap into the Grand Canyon, to meet their "god."
N.

No. They need to be paid a visit by a well-armed grieving Army
father/widower with nothing left to lose. It truly stuns me that in a
country where we have a school shooting about every other week, that
these subhuman organisms have somehow been allowed to live as long as
they have.