Ebert funeral protest: Westboro Baptists threaten but are no shows, Despite their threats to picket and protest film critic Roger Ebert’s funeral yesterday, extremists from the Westboro Baptist Church were no shows.
Newsmax reported April 9 that reporters who attended the service at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago Monday morning tweeted that no protestors were present.
“Despite their threats, @slesposito says there's no signs of the Westboro Baptist Church protest.”
--Suntimes (@Suntimes) April 8, 2013
On April 8, Hollywood Reporter carried a statement from the church group, whose members called Ebert an “enabler” and complained that he used his Twitter account in order “to mock the faithful servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church.”
Westboro Baptists, who as a group are notorious for picketing funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers, also called Ebert a “fool [who] sold his soul for some fame & fortune.”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebert died April 4 at the age of 70 after a decade long battle with cancer. Ebert was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, and multiple surgeries had left him without the ability to speak in later years.
Members of the Westboro Church have protested at the funerals of Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Edwards, Matthew Shepard and the victims of the 2012 Arizona shooting. Reported Examiner...
Newsmax reported April 9 that reporters who attended the service at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago Monday morning tweeted that no protestors were present.
“Despite their threats, @slesposito says there's no signs of the Westboro Baptist Church protest.”
--Suntimes (@Suntimes) April 8, 2013
On April 8, Hollywood Reporter carried a statement from the church group, whose members called Ebert an “enabler” and complained that he used his Twitter account in order “to mock the faithful servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church.”
Westboro Baptists, who as a group are notorious for picketing funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers, also called Ebert a “fool [who] sold his soul for some fame & fortune.”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebert died April 4 at the age of 70 after a decade long battle with cancer. Ebert was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, and multiple surgeries had left him without the ability to speak in later years.
Members of the Westboro Church have protested at the funerals of Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Edwards, Matthew Shepard and the victims of the 2012 Arizona shooting. Reported Examiner...
