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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/07/dumbledore-and-gandalf-marry-and-vanquish-the-westboro-baptist-church.htmlLOVE WINS
Randy R. Potts
06.07.159:27 PM ET
After a Twitter bodyslam by J.K. Rowling, the God Hates Fags church threatened to picket Dumbledore and Gandalfs wedding. On the day love conquered all, but not before our reporter came face-to-face with the WBCs Shirley Phelps-Roper, boasting of picketing Beau Bidens funeral.
What started as a Twitter spat between author J. K. Rowling and the Westboro Baptist Church ended on Sunday afternoon as a same-sex marriage in Topeka, Kansas between two wizards walking the aisle across the street from Westboros family compound where signs saying God Hates Fags, were plentiful and upside-down American flags fluttered in the breeze.
After Ireland approved marriage equality by a landslide, J. K. Rowling congratulated the LGBT people of Ireland and posted this meme:
Aoife @justaoifethings
@jk_rowling proud to see us being so open and accepting, at long last! I hope Dumbledore and all witches and wizards feel welcome here
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J.K. Rowling ✔@jk_rowling
.@justaoifethings 💚🍀🌈💚 Then they could get married IN IRELAND! 💚🍀🌈💚 pic.twitter.com/yXedPavZfp
6:45 AM - 23 May 2015
The news picked it up and, soon, Westboro and Rowling were at it:
PinkNews ✔@pinknews
JK Rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland! http://p.ink.cx/1cgtQtR pic.twitter.com/ax0gGt9lFi
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WBCSays @WBCsigns
So @jk_rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland; if it happens, WBC will picket! #NotBanned @pinknews pic.twitter.com/zY7hT09Nv4
1:44 PM - 26 May 2015
Less than a week later the Equality House, owned by non-profit Planting Peace and situated directly across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, announced it would happily host a wedding of Dumbledore and Gandalf.
We are delighted to be hosting the Dumbledore and Gandalf wedding and stand with them in the face of bigotry and celebrate equality for all, the founder Aaron Jackson said in a public statement to the Irish Times.
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Dumbledore and Gandalf Marry, and Vanquish the Westboro Baptist Church (Original Post)
cbayer
Jun 2015
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safeinOhio
(32,764 posts)1. One week to go
If Ireland doesn't fall into the ocean, God has spoken.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. Great way to look at it, safe.