Westboro Baptist Church To Picket SDCC
If you're planning on going down to San Diego this week for Comic Con, prepare to run into some real psychos. No, I'm not referring to the 30-year-old fat man dressed up as Princess Zelda. Rather, I'm talking about the members of the Westboro Baptist Church who are planning to picketing the event. For those not familiar with this specific group of hate-mongering assholes, the WBC is best known for their intense hatred of the homosexual community, going as far as to picket at the funerals of fallen US soldiers and victims of hate crimes. So what is getting their panties in a bunch about Comic Con? Idolatry of course.
According to the Church's website, the WBC is upset that those attending the events in the San Diego Convention Center are too busy reading comic books when what they really should be doing is reading the Bible and that Superman and Batman won't save attendees when in need:
Just in case you didn't grasp the underlying message there, apparently we shouldn't be reading any other books than the Bible and cheering on Batman as he throws the Joker into Arkham Asylum is somehow equivalent to bowing to his name. Our country is great because it gives the power of free speech to the people, something not every nation has. We can disagree with our politicians and meet with like-minded individuals without fear of persecution or death. But, seriously, fuck these assholes.
(via SyFy)
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