Wacko Religious Group Plans To Picket Idol Tour
Ugh, I hesitate to put this on the front page, but I think it’s going to be news and I’ll be posting about it anyway so…
The Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket several upcoming Idol shows. In case you don’t know who they are, read their wiki here.
In a nutshell, a very insane man and his equally insane family call themselves a “church” and picket various functions around the country. They are pathologically homophobic, and their targets are anyone and everyone–America is a bunch of “fag enablers”, so we’re all fair game.
The group’s signs bear virulent slogans like “God Hates Fags” and their young children are often walking the picket lines alongside the adults.
Wanna know how twisted these people are? They picket funerals, including those of fallen soldiers, victims of gay hate crimes and even Mr. Rogers.
When you see the WSB in action, you’ll understand why those homegrown nutters who picketed outside of the San Jose venue were just pikers. The WBC make their presence known. Amazingly, they’ll get the local and national press to cover them. They are certifiable, but they know how to play the press.
Their picket schedule HERE. Warning: Open at your own risk, the language is despicable and offensive. Cities on their “tour” so far are, Dallas, Tulsa, Washington DC, Baltimore, St. Louis and Kansas City.
ETA: It’s been reported that the Westboro Baptist Church were the picketers outside of the San Jose venue a few days ago. FALSE. The San Jose picketers are local nutters who regularly picket that arena. There’s also NO credible evidence that they were targeting Adam specifically. Check out out the San Jose picketers HERE and HERE. And the Westboro Baptist Church HERE. NOT THE SAME GROUP.
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81 Responses to “Wacko Religious Group Plans To Picket Idol Tour”
While I agree that there is no turning the hearts of people this far immersed in their ugly hate, at the same time, bullies flourish best when no one challenges or stands up to them. It’s what makes them thrive.
Ignoring the bully in your high school never worked, it just fed his sense of power. Ignoring these bullies won’t work either. Their beliefs need to be challenged continually and they need to be told that their actions are not acceptable. No, there is no reason for violent confrontation or foolhearty grandstanding. But if they appear at a venue I attend, I will tell them they are wrong and that I find them repugnant. Will it change them? No, I can’t imagine for a second that it would. But all I can do is let them know specifically I am untouched by their message. Otherwise, the silence and inaction of those with good intentions can empower people of evil intent, such as these.
Oh geez. Those people again.
The so-called Westboro “Baptist Church” is nothing more than a vehicle by which megalomaniac and media whore Fred Phelps has enriched himself personally and garnered the media attention he so covets.
In my opinion, the best way to deal with this is to ignore it, to pity those children who are forced to do this and to not validate them in any way. Ignoring them is the best strategy.
These people sound like complete whackos. The only positive I can find is that they appear to be few in number. I hope they don’t get anywhere near Adam.
Omg seriously? Those guys came to my high school to protest one of our plays! Wow, they’re everywhere…
Leslie, seriously write them.
Have you done it before, did it work? I don’t get the logic to write them, do we express our feelings and they say, oh SORRY, we won’t do this again. I doubt it, IMO.
WWP, I am with you to let them know that I don’t agree with their hate and move ON. I went to the San Jose concert and I was on the other side of the HP Pavillion so I did not see ANY of the protestors that were there and they are not related to this NUTTY group.
At the San Jose concert, it seemed to fuel Adam in his performance apparently, Adam knew about them. I felt, he was AWESOME and took his performance to a new level. When I was watching the concert, I did not know about the protestors.
Those of you who are going to a concert with the protestors, think of the glittering fierce alien who will bedazzled you with his performance.
IMO, this will open the eyes of Danny and Michael to see a different side of life that Adam has/had dealt with because he is gay. Also, I believe it will bring them closer to Adam.
These people feed on negative energy. Letters telling them they are wrong, no matter how nicely put, being ignored, sneered at, argued with. They love it all.
What they don’t like, positive energy.
My dream would be that everyone at the concert smile at them, silently wish them peace and move on to enjoy the concert. End of story. Non event.