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I heard the Fred Phelps was going to picket Heath Ledger's funeral.
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady  I heard the Fred Phelps was going to picket Heath Ledger's funeral.
Did that actually happen? | Phelps to Protest Ledger's Funeral | News | Advocate.com
Nothing has been reported so far of whether he did or not, Knotty. But Phelps really does not know what he is doing. Anybody could have played the role that Ledger did, and Phelps would picket his funeral, too. If all of Hollywood's actors played the role of Ennis Del Mar, then Phelps would make an idiot of himself more and more.
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady I heard the Fred Phelps was going to picket Heath Ledger's funeral.
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It appears that so far the Leger family has been able to outmaneuver the Phelps clan. They had to settle for making asses of themselves at the SAG awards.
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January 28, 2008 06:58am
HEATH Ledger's family and loved ones have held a private memorial service at a chapel in Los Angeles.
The service took place under heavy security last night at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in a bid to thwart paparazzi and US religious extremists.
Religious groups vowed to picket the memorial because of Ledger's performance as a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
The memorial took place after hours at the chapel. Security guards manned the front gates and Los Angeles police checked the grounds to ensure Ledger's parents, Kim and Sally, his sister Kate, ex-fiancee Michelle Williams, his two-year-old daughter Matilda, former girlfriend Naomi Watts and 10 other close family and friends could mourn the loss of the 28-year-old in private.
Ledger's coffin was transported from Manhattan to the chapel for last night's service.
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A fundamentalist church whose members demonstrate at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq and believe God hates gays will protest the Academy Awards and the funeral of Heath Ledger, because the actor played a gay cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain."
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., are trying to find out where the 28-year-old actor's funeral will be held and have already made signs to hold outside the Oscars that read "God Hates Fags and Fag Enablers," "Heath in Hell" and "Mourn for Your Sins," Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of the church's controversial founder Pastor Fred Phelps, told ABCNEWS.com.
ABC News: Anti-Gay Church to Protest Ledger Funeral
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'Secret funeral' for Heath Ledger
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Last Updated: 8:04pm GMT 29/01/2008
Actor Heath Ledger will be laid to rest in Australia this week but details of his funeral remain shrouded in secrecy.
But his parents, Kim and Sally Ledger, are desperately hoping they will be able to keep the occasion an intimate family affair, despite worldwide media interest in the mystery surrounding their son’s death.
"Kim will be bringing Heath home, but in terms of memorial services, it's up to Kim and Sally,'' his uncle, Mike Ledger, told Australian reporters. "We know the chapel at Guildford (Grammar School) is available if Kim wants it. “But they may even keep it very private. We may not even go to the funeral ourselves.''
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Phelps-Roper had just got back from Los Angeles where, the night before, she and six others from the church, focusing on Heath Ledger, picketed the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards, Phelps-Roper quite proud of her own signs that said God Hates Fags and Heath In Hell and God Hates Fag Enablers.
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Originally Posted by CrazyFlamingos It appears that so far the Leger family has been able to outmaneuver the Phelps clan. They had to settle for making asses of themselves at the SAG awards. | Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall when those assholes try to make it through the Pearly Gates?
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall when those assholes try to make it through the Pearly Gates?
LOL | Since they claim to be protesting homosexuality, I wonder which would be actually worse. A lifelong gay person, or someone who attends funerals protesting homosexuality. Damn, I'd hate to be THAT moderator.
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Originally Posted by fxashun Since they claim to be protesting homosexuality, I wonder which would be actually worse. A lifelong gay person, or someone who attends funerals protesting homosexuality. Damn, I'd hate to be THAT moderator. | You know, Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said specifically, Judge not, lest ye be judged.
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Level up: 57%, 187 Points needed | | I think far too many people focus on the fire and brimstone God of the Old Testament, and not what Jesus actually taught people. To me, that is mental illness that Phelps and his ilk are suffering from. It sure isn't what Jesus meant for people to do in his name, I'd wager. | |
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady You know, Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said specifically, Judge not, lest ye be judged.
He also said to keep your relationship with God private. | Maybe so, but that wasn't the point. The post I quoted was specifically taking about the time of judgment at the Pearly Gates. So I asked who is the worse sinner, protesting the funeral or being gay. I think that's an appropriate question.
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