Picket Planned for Ledger's Funeral

karrie

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According to a news article I read this morning, a group of Baptists who objected to the film 'Brokeback Mountain' are intending to picket the funeral of its recently deceased star, Heath Ledger, to espouse their view that he died because of his participation in the film, and will now be resting in hell.

Of all the disrespectful actions.
 

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These people have no shame, it's the same people who think it's appropriate to to picket soldiers funerals, going on the belief that it's god's punishment for there being homosexuality in the US.
 

karrie

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I'm pretty sure if you managed to eradicate homosexuality, death wouldn't cease. sheesh people.
 

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Well what do you know, religous extremists have no life.....that's news to me.:roll:

Bunch of uptight jerks who probally molest their own kids with the cross.
 

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I used to work for the "Baptist Housing Society" when I was nursing, and, they are the biggest crooks ecver! I remember when a resident was nearing death "Pastor Chris" would go in and put a pen in the dying persons hand and ask for their final donation to the church...I hated that!
They had a antenna on the roof that didn't provide very clear TV reception during a storm...I had a group of the old folks switch to a cable company...was administration ever mad at me...turns out they were charging cable prices for the use of the piece of crap antenna...I am NOT a fan of any organized religion....they are criminal, I'd rather be gay!
 

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According to a news article I read this morning, a group of Baptists who objected to the film 'Brokeback Mountain' are intending to picket the funeral of its recently deceased star, Heath Ledger, to espouse their view that he died because of his participation in the film, and will now be resting in hell.

Of all the disrespectful actions.

The families of the soldiers who had this done to them had successfully sued them for many millions of dollars. If these pieces of garbage try to picket Mr. Ledger's funeral, then the same thing should be done to them.

This is definately not a case of them using their right to free speech, it is hate pure and simple. Crap like this just churns my stomach.:angryfire:
 

karrie

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As I said to my cousin who posted the article on his web page... "At least the nut jobs are constantly carting around signs so we can tell who they are."
 

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That is outrageous! How disrespectful.
I hope they get trampled by the photographers.

Where did they article say that this was taking place? As I understand the are shipping the body of Heath Ledger to his native Australia. Just curious if this picket was happening in the US or Australia.
 

karrie

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It was reported on Fox news on-line, and it was an American Baptist group, so, I'm assuming they anticipated an American funeral. And there may still be one. He wouldn't be the first celeb to have a funeral in the US before shipping his body home for his final funeral.
 

Brat

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Your absolutely right Karrie, Thank you.

Ihope they have his funeral in Australia so these nuts don't get the opportunity to picket.
 

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George Snuffiloffagas.... er... Stroumboulopoulos on The Hour last night made a comment about one guy in paticular who was going to protest at the funeral based on the above mentality.

He in turned posted the guys name and mailing address and requested viewers to mail him all kinds of gay cowboy poses of themselves.
 

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Fred Phelps is most commonly associated with this sort of thing, I imagine he is some how involved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps

That's who I immediately thought of as well. Picketing the funerals of returning American soldiers, and blaming America's embrace of homosexuality as the reason for the deaths...I can think of some choice words. I'm glad that the father who sued them won his case. Westboro Bastards!!!!!

Check this video of one of their supporters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PyoUPcobA&feature=related
 

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According to a news article I read this morning, a group of Baptists who objected to the film 'Brokeback Mountain' are intending to picket the funeral of its recently deceased star, Heath Ledger, to espouse their view that he died because of his participation in the film, and will now be resting in hell.

Of all the disrespectful actions.

Complete idiots, dangerously psychotic, absolutely useless.
 

Colpy

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I used to work for the "Baptist Housing Society" when I was nursing, and, they are the biggest crooks ecver! I remember when a resident was nearing death "Pastor Chris" would go in and put a pen in the dying persons hand and ask for their final donation to the church...I hated that!
They had a antenna on the roof that didn't provide very clear TV reception during a storm...I had a group of the old folks switch to a cable company...was administration ever mad at me...turns out they were charging cable prices for the use of the piece of crap antenna...I am NOT a fan of any organized religion....they are criminal, I'd rather be gay!

Huh!

I am surprized at that!

Guess there are crooks in every bunch.......but I was brought up in a strictly Baptist family, my Dad was a deacon for decades, I knew several pastors very well, used to go on hunting trips with them, and there was not a crook amongst them........salt-of-the-earth, honest, tolerant, friendly GOOD people. Full stop.

Baptists, BTW, have been at the cutting edge of many social movements over the past 200 years, and have a cultural attachmenty to grass roots democracy..............

If you think I'm defending the homophobic idiots who protest at funerals, please read the previous post......