TORONTO – Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church will picket Monday’s memorial service for movie critic Roger Ebert.
Ebert died last week at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer.
The Kansas-based group announced Saturday it will protest “in lawful proximity” to the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m. because it believes Ebert was “a f** enabler.”
“American entertainment industry publicity leech Roger Ebert took to Twitterverse to mock the faithful servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church,” reads a release. “Now the famed critic is in a new jurisdiction, where he can see the blessings poured out on God’s humble servants in heaven, from his seat of eternal torment & sorrow in Hell! It’s too late for the fool Roger Ebert!”
On March 25, Ebert tweeted “Just another day at Westboro Baptist” with a link to an excerpt from Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu, a gay man who spent a day at Westboro.
Members of Westboro Baptist Church regularly picket outside the funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers and the group has protested the funerals of Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Edwards.
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