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Westboro Blasts Bieber


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If you need further proof that singer Justin Bieber has officially arrived, look no further than the Westboro Baptist Church's website. Bieber, 16-year-old Canadian singing sensation, is "teaching sin," according to the hate-spewing church.

A message posted on the church’s website reads: "[Bieber] has a platform given to him by God to speak to this world; he has a duty to teach obedience by his actions and words. He refuses to do that because he knows his concert halls would be empty! So, he teaches you to sin and rebel against God's commandments."

It's become a rite of passage for performers to be singled out by Westboro, and Bieber is just the latest in a long string of entertainers that includes Lady Gaga who have incurred the wrath of the right-wing congregation, known for picketing events ranging from Pride festivals to private funerals. Yet the church’s attempts to lash out against LGBT people and their supporters continue to backfire and are frequently met with derisive laughter. Last week, while picketing outside Comic-Con in San Diego, WBC demonstrators were greeted with a crowd of counterprotesters who chanted, “What do we want?” “Gay sex!” “When do we want it?” “Now!”

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Reader Comments
  • Name: ozzy
    Date posted: 8/2/2010 7:32:29 PM
    Hometown: sacramento

    Comment:

    Wow, talk about a "leave Britney alone!!!" moment. Target and Best buy financing candidates that want to impose stoning of gays and none cares. Twink pop sensation has written on his palm, the name of the city he is visiting to remember where he is, and he is getting protested ONE day by the WBC and all hell breaks loose. Glad to know that you guys have your priorities in order.

  • Name: Penny Sautereau-Fife
    Date posted: 8/2/2010 1:39:16 PM
    Hometown: Silent Hill

    Comment:

    Just wait until the world catches up with me and figures out that Beiber is an FTM. (16, voice not "broken", NO adam's apple, always dresses to hide certain features, NEVER seen JACKETLESS, much less shirtless). Westboro will have orgasms over the hatemongering smear campaigns they can run on Justin. FYI; As a Canadian Intersexed woman I'm proud an FTM boy made it big and did it so well no one has doubted his maleness. I still think his music is complete shite however.

  • Name: Michael Murphy
    Date posted: 8/2/2010 1:39:53 AM
    Hometown: Forest Park

    Comment:

    If the homopobic Westbro group is against Bieber, he must be doing something right.

  • Name: Charles
    Date posted: 8/1/2010 11:53:33 PM
    Hometown: Austin, TX

    Comment:

    It appears that they have confused the role of a pop music performer with that of an evangelist. Pop stars don't pimp Jesus... that's left to the evangelists who wheel, deal, and steal from their faithful followers. It also appears that the only thing this group is successful at is alienating themselves and appearing to be a radical fringe group that accomplishes nothing else but shocking or annoying the public. Hopefully some day soon these protests of theirs will be a thing of the past.

  • Name: Seth
    Date posted: 8/1/2010 3:26:32 PM
    Hometown: Fort Wayne

    Comment:

    Not really a fan of Justin Bieber, but anyone Phelps hates, is ok by me. I'll likely buy his CD now.

  • Name: David
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 11:09:07 PM
    Hometown: Lawrence, KS

    Comment:

    Fred Phelps, you sent your own children all over Topeka selling Green Mill candy into the middle of the night for their "school." You have one son who hates you. You have been disbarred for creating a joke of yourself in federal court. You don't go anywhere without your favorite mismatched pastel acrylic leisure suits... you are a self-loathing, child molesting CLOSET CASE. Leave Justin alone. You cannot have him Fred. Your church is a prison camp with Davidian overtones. Yes, Fred someone IS going to burn in Hell. No, it's not Matt Shepard, nor our returning war dead, nor the brides whose weddings you have attempted to ruin at KU, nor the gay people who refuse to "feed or tease" the Phelps clan. Someday you will die, Fred. You will see the God that is on all of your signs. I hope long before then you look in a mirror and see your miserable soul for what it really is....

  • Name: Charles
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 10:45:11 PM
    Hometown: Akron

    Comment:

    Justin is in no danger from WBC. Let those nut jobs complain about a child all they want. It only alienates them that much further. The more they complain, the more people see the hypocrisy in their words and actions. It's nice to see so many of you try to defend a child from these idiots, but he doesn't need your protection. WBC is such a joke (albeit a bad one), that no one takes them seriously anymore, even Christians. I would like to know however, how is Westboro paying for it's trips across the country to protest? And who is employing Phelps's daughter? I've noticed that back in the day, they had lots of people marching with signs; but now their protesters are far fewer in numbers. Still, it costs money to travel even in small groups. Where is that money coming from?

  • Name: Scott
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 9:57:50 PM
    Hometown: Portland

    Comment:

    Thank you John.

  • Name: John of Corpus Christi
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 7:57:41 PM
    Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas

    Comment:

    Scott, I’m afraid everyone is picking on you today. My issue is there just aren’t any medications available effective for stupidity, hate, and just plain old evil. OH wait; isn’t it still ok to burn witches and heretics somewhere?

  • Name: John of Corpus Christi
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 7:53:34 PM
    Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas

    Comment:

    Scott, I’m afraid everyone is picking on you today. My issue is there just aren’t any medications available effective for stupidity, hate, and just plain old evil. OH wait; isn’t it still ok to burn witches and heretics somewhere?

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