Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Juilliard Thursday Morning

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!

http://www.playbill.com/article/westboro-baptist-church-to-picket-juilliard-thursday-morning

The Kansas-based hate group the Westboro Baptist Church, known for disrupting soldier’s funerals with chants and signs displaying gay slurs, is coming to the supposed heart of Gomorrah 8-9 AM November 3, to picket outside The Juilliard School in New York City....

Juilliard students told Playbill.com that they are planning a counter-demonstration called ”God Loves Jazz.”

Using Bible verses to attack the supposed vanity of the school, which is ranked as one of the top music academies in the world, the Westboro group decries ”Too many words to cover the awful sin of this ‘institution of higher learning.’ Sum it up like this: You have made your children to be good for absolutely nothing except full, final and awful destruction!”

The site goes on to explain, “If you had taught those children to invest 5% of the energy they use for the vanity called ‘The Arts’, America would not be leading the world in racing to destruction. Clarifying, God will not ever have idolatry, fornication, adultery, divorce and remarriage (which Christ said is adultery, at Luke 16:18, and other places) sodomy, same-sex marriage, murder, lying, stealing and all the rest of your proud sin, including your awful pride.”

God Hates Music?!

[PJMcK]

1. Does the Westboro Baptist Church have an organist?

Where do they think their in-house musician got their training?

These people are stupid and dangerous to our country.

[trof]

14. Hee Hee...you said 'organ'...

[grabber]

2. Souldnt they be busy

preparing for the second coming of Jesus after Hillarys victory next week?

[gordianot]

3. You have to admit this is a little different and totally incoherent.

God hates the Arts? Can't wait to see the protest signs.

[Vinca]

4. The Westboro fools have officially outdone themselves for stupidity.

[guillaumeb]

5. The Westboro Baptist Church has how many members again?

Westboro Baptist Church
Topeka, Kansas
Founder: Fred Phelps (deceased)
Members: 40

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church

The media does like colorful imagery. Drives viewers. But this is a church that is essentially family members and that apparently worships publicity.

[canetoad]

6. This is how the Julliard students responded

[wordpix]

8. blasphemy!

[gollygee]

7. I've seen them protest and it's pretty sad

There are very few of them and it was much less interesting than I thought it would be. They certainly aren't intimidating or anything.

Also, they were running late and let us know so we wouldn't start counter-protesting too early. ROFL

[Wounded Bear]

9. Do they ever actually go to their announced protests any more?...nt

[gratuitous]

11. Okay, this seems like a theological difference

I disagree with the folks at Westboro what constitutes a "joyful" noise unto the Lord. Which is to say that I'll take the offerings at Juilliard over their petulant whining any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

Maybe the name of the school is what discombobulated them, thinking Juilliard is just for Jews?

[KamaAina]

12. "Jew-liard" FTW!

[Initech]

15. Does this mean that they hate Christian rock too?

I mean if they are that against music, would they hate all forms of it including religious music?

[KamaAina]

16. Hank Hill replies:

[Initech]

17. I sell propane and propane accessories!