Westboro Baptists Picket Dio's funeral

[Laura902]

“This rebel had a God-given platform – for decades – which he should have utilized to publish the truth of God,” the WBC declared in a press release. “Instead, he used that platform – for decades – to teach rebellion against God, in the form glorifying atheism, promoting the devil horn hand sign & other such idolatries. Now he has been cut off by an Angry God & cast into hell.” The release also thanked God for “the dead brute Dio.” The Church, which is based in Topeka, Kansas, and in large part consists of single family, is infamous for picketing funerals to protest America’s tolerance of homosexuality.

On Saturday, Ronnie James Dio’s wife Wendy responded to the proposed picket with the following statement on her late husband’s website: “Ronnie hates prejudice and violence! We need to turn the other cheek on these people that only know how to hate someone they didn’t know. We only know how to love someone we know!”

And who could disagree with that? Well, the Westboro Baptist Church, obviously. At this point, there’s a lot more I could write about an organization who thinks it’s doing the Almighty’s work by turning up to funerals with homophobic signage. But instead I would urge you to check out a documentary about the Church which was made a few years back by British journalist Louis Theroux. The film is a terrific example of giving people enough rope to do you-know-what with. You’ll find the first part after the jump.

This makes me sick with rage :grr:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/05/24/ronnie-james-dio-westboro-picket

[Mojambo]

1. Those people aren't worth your rage. n/t

[Carter Hayes]

2. The American Taliban is alive and well :(

May karma come back and bite these scum in their worthless asses.

[ejpoeta]

3. i envision a rude awakening for all of these people when they face their maker.

i know that is little comfort to the families of those who are being buried, but I do think that they will have to answer for their behavior. and karma is a bitch.... what goes around comes around.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

4. may they be reincarnated as gay farm animals

[CLANG]

5. Don't piss off the hard rockers!

The Phelps family might want to rethink this one.... I think it will get ugly.

[TheWatcher]

11. They really should rethink this one.

One of these days they are going to be met with a very violent response that they will not know how to handle, if they keep pushing it.

It's amazing that piece of shit is still alive.

[DainBramaged]

16. These are the people who hate lawyers until they need one

oh wait, they are lawyers and are constantly suing everyone to make a living.


Pond scum is more honorable.

[Carter Hayes]

6. RIP Ronnie James Dio A great rocker/musician

didn't know he passed away. The music world loses another legend.x(

[kysrsoze]

12. I didn't know either. Sad. He was a great singer.

[RandomThoughts]

7. It makes me pity a person that would say such a condemning thing about another person.

And think it is bad to judge someone in that way. Sounds more like coverage of a fringe belief to make many people of faith look bad. That is done in lots of places.

If a person was to say something like that to me, I would respond with a simple thought. I do not fear such an event that he describes, since I know God is faithful and will never desert me.

[Ardent15]

8. Dio was a true gentleman of hard rock/metal

Intelligent, perceptive, articulate, and a gentle-hearted man who loved his family.

These Westboro fools and tools don't know any of those words.

[Terra Alta]

9. When old man Phelps dies

there is going to be a protest like no one has ever seen. Although knowing the Phelps', they probably won't make ol' Freddie's death known until after he is buried.

[customerserviceguy]

13. And every day

someone will come by to shit on his grave. I might even take an auto trip there someday to pay my 'respects'.

[Lyric]

14. I'll be in line behind you.

I suspect the line will be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG one.

:hi:

[fascisthunter]

10. Westboro Bapist Sociopaths

they get off on it too... they love getting under people's skin.

[Lint Head]

15. It's obvious they know nothing about Jesus or what he stood for.

Wendy responded to the proposed picketers in a very intelligent manner. Paraphrasing the words of Jesus.

[southern_belle]

17. Very very sad...

This is the way I feel: I believe these people have opened up themselves to the Devil and he got into their hearts and they have become evil. I'm not even sure they know that. I hope that the children can someday open their hearts. The older ones seem lost to me.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

18. I thought heavy metal fans might respond with serious assbeatdown.

[Iggo]

19. We've been putting up with that crap since the 80s.

Best thing to do is ignore them.

[spoony]

20. Where do they get the money to travel?

It seems like they're at every funeral for everyone of note, so there's no time for a job. And they must rack up hundreds of thousands of miles criss-crossing the country. How many meth labs must they run to finance all this?

[LeftyMom]

22. By suing people. They're all lawyers.

They do this to provoke people into violating their civil rights in some way, so they can shake them down.

[Bryn]

21. Why is this even allowed??

For them to go to funerals with their ugly signs to upset grieving people? They should be arrested! That's crossing the line.

[LeftyMom]

23. Because of the first amendment.