Saturday 21 March 2009

Westboro Baptist Church says it will protest at Richardson's funeral.

From here:
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) based in Topeka, Kansas, regularly stages protests, often several times a week, against institutions and individuals they think support homosexuality or otherwise subvert what they believe is God's law. Targets include schools the group deems to be accepting of homosexuality; Catholic, Lutheran, and other Christian denominations that the WBC feels are heretical; and funerals for people murdered or killed in accidents .... WBC also protests at funerals for American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a tactic the group started in 2005.
Why would
Natasha Richardson be a target for fundamentalist fanatics who may suffer from religious zealotry disorder? Because she lent support to charitable organizations, in memory of her father Tony Richardson.

They say they're picketing because Richardson supported research for a cure for AIDS. The small Kansas church has protested schools, colleges, churches, and other funerals.

Richardson became a speaker and activist in the fight against AIDS after her father producer/director Tony Richardson died from the disease in 1991. The actress also served on the board of trustees for the American Foundation of AIDS Research.

Last August,
WBC members attempted to enter Canada to hold a protest at Tim McLean's funeral.

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