Posted on 06/08/2015 8:19:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The extremist Westboro Baptist Church won't have to travel far for its next protest.
That's because on Sunday afternoon, Planting Peace, "a non-profit organization founded in 2004 for the purpose of spreading peace in a hurting world," plans to hold a wedding between Gandalf and Dumbledore across from the hate group's headquarters in Topeka, Kansas.
The marriage of the characters, played by volunteer actors, is a culmination of tweets between a fan of JK Rowling and the author's spat with the anti-gay 'church' on Twitter.
Shortly after Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage, @justaoifethings tweeted: "@jk_rowling proud to see us being so open and accepting, at long last! I hope Dumbledore and all witches and wizards feel welcome here."
Rowling replied, "Then they could get married IN IRELAND!"
Three days later, the Westboro Baptist Church tweeted: "So @jk_rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland; if it happens, WBC will picket!"
Rowling shot back with: "@WBCsigns Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls."
Aaron Jackson, the head of Planting Peace, told the Irish Times that "when we read the battle between JK Rowling and the Westboro Baptist Church, we instantly connected with Ms Rowling’s message on many levels. The Equality House was founded to take a stand against the hurtful words and actions of hate groups like the WBC.”
Equality House, by the way, is painted top-to-bottom in rainbow colours, the universal symbol of the gay rights movement.
On Saturday, WBC members picketed Beau Biden's funeral in Wilmington, Del. WBC has gained notoriety for picketing funerals of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq while carrying signs that read, Thank God For Dead Soldiers, Fag Troops, God Blew Up The Troops, and America Is Doomed.
The Age of Insanity. We are living in it.
I hate mixed genre marriages.
They get what they deserve.
This is the one group that both Rush Limbaugh and Rachael Maddow agree is no good, so why not?
Whoever now owns the Tolkien rights should sue.
RE: I hate mixed genre marriages.
The actor who portrayed Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings” is openly gay.
The actor who portrayed Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings” is openly gay.
You nailed it!
But the character of Gandalf is not.
Perfectly said.
Just because he portrayed Gandalf doesn’t mean he owns the rights to the character.
Gandalf is Grey, not gay.
A fake marriage, between fake characters in front of a fake church. Perfect.
They got some “volunteer” actors to do it. Not the actor from the movie, though he probably gets a jolly thinking about it.
Stink bombs.
Ever since the end of the Potter series Rowling hasn’t been worth a ship ;)
RE: Gandalf is Grey, not gay.
Actually, he last became Gandalf the White.
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