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8/18/2019 1 Westboro Baptist Church http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/1-westboro-baptist-church 1/2 Westboro Baptist Church: 'The most hated family in America' - famed and vilied for picketing at the funerals of innocent people and celebrating their passing They celebrate at services held for men beaten to death for being gay! military servicemen and "omen killed in #ra$! and no" they've turned their focus to %avid Bo"ie That's right - one of music's most legendary gures is having his memorial picketed by WBC Tributes paid to Bowie in Brixton, South London &erfect picket place&( they said in response to ne"s the )*-year-old( "ho died of cancer( "ould be remembered at a memorial service in +e" ,ork's Carnegie all But in spectacular trolling fashion( a group of activists kno"n as 'lanting eace' "ho occupy the '.$uality ouse' compound /ust across the street from the WBC have come up "ith a campaign to raise money for children "ith cancer The anti-WBC headquaters in Topeka, Kansas The group's president said helping save youngsters lives su0ering from the same disease that took Bo"ie on 1onday this "eek "as the perfect "ay to honour him and hit back at Westboro 2e "as a role model "hen it came to transcending any social norms or boundaries "ith his individuality and personal e3pression(& they "rote &e taught us all that being di0erent "as something to embrace and celebrate This is a small gesture to honor his legacy and the di0erence he made to so many& %ecrying messages religious chiefs sent to Bo"ie's "ido" on T"itter - telling her not to follo" the man she "as married to for 45 years into hell - they said: &When the WBC began t"eeting hateful messages to 1r Bo"ie6s family and targeting various memorials for picketing( "e felt like launching a fundraiser and providing a positive outlet for support that "ill help children and families battling cancer "ould be the perfect "ay to honour 1r Bo"ie and sho" that acts of love and compassion speak louder than messages of hate&
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Westboro Baptist Church: 'The most hated family in America' - famedand vilied for picketing at the funerals of innocent people andcelebrating their passing
They celebrate at services held for men beaten to death for beinggay! military servicemen and "omen killed in #ra$! and no" they'veturned their focus to %avid Bo"ie
That's right - one of music's most legendary gures is having hismemorial picketed by WBC
Tributes paid to Bowie in Brixton, South London
&erfect picket place&( they said in response to ne"s the )*-year-old("ho died of cancer( "ould be remembered at a memorial service in+e" ,ork's Carnegie all
But in spectacular trolling fashion( a group of activists kno"n as'lanting eace' "ho occupy the '.$uality ouse' compound /ustacross the street from the WBC have come up "ith a campaign toraise money for children "ith cancer
The anti-WBC headquaters in Topeka, Kansas
The group's president said helping save youngsters lives su0eringfrom the same disease that took Bo"ie on 1onday this "eek "as theperfect "ay to honour him and hit back at Westboro
2e "as a role model "hen it came to transcending any social normsor boundaries "ith his individuality and personal e3pression(& they"rote
&e taught us all that being di0erent "as something to embrace and
celebrate This is a small gesture to honor his legacy and thedi0erence he made to so many&
%ecrying messages religious chiefs sent to Bo"ie's "ido" on T"itter -telling her not to follo" the man she "as married to for 45 years intohell - they said:
&When the WBC began t"eeting hateful messages to 1r Bo"ie6sfamily and targeting various memorials for picketing( "e felt likelaunching a fundraiser and providing a positive outlet for support that"ill help children and families battling cancer "ould be the perfect
"ay to honour 1r Bo"ie and sho" that acts of love and compassionspeak louder than messages of hate&
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The campaign has raised over 748(999 ;<*(999= so far( "ithheart"arming tributes being paid by donors including one that reads:&#n memory of my brother( Trey&
&What a beautiful "ay to honor this legend in the face of such
disrespectful cruelty Thank you(& said another 749 donor
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