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Planting Peace takes action to twart WBC protest of Robin Williams funeral.

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This article will probably make your blood boil like it did mine at first but I definitely intend to donate more money to St. Jude Children's Hospital (an organization I already support) and encourage others to do what they can that way and hopefully also to spread a little peace and love around instead of the kind of vile malice spewed by the hateful WBC. Thanks for reading the following article and doing what you can, big or small.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/15/westboro-baptist-church-robin-williams_n_5682288.html

Westboro Baptist Church's Plan To Protest Robin Williams' Funeral Thwarted By Love

The Westboro Baptist Church is trying to spread its vile message of intolerance with a disgraceful protest of Robin Williams' funeral, but Planting Peace is not letting the hate take root.

Williams was found dead in his Tiburon, California, home on Monday. His funeral is set to be a "very private" ceremony in San Francisco near his home. In spite of the actor's family's request for privacy and respect, WBC announced plans to picket Williams' funeral on Aug. 11 after labeling him a "Fag Pimp."

Planting Peace, a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 with a mission to spread love and equality around the globe, is set on challenging WBC's planned protest with a fundraiser. (The group also owns the Equality House, which is situated directly adjacent to the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.)

"Robin Williams played many different roles in so many people’s lives, and giving back to others was at the top of that list," Aaron Jackson, co-founder of Planting Peace told The Huffington Post in an email Friday. "His appeal crossed generational boundaries. I was personally impacted when I heard of his passing. This is a small gesture to honor his legacy and the difference he made to so many."

"When the WBC announced they were protesting Robin’s funeral, we felt like launching a fundraiser for a charity Robin loved would be the perfect way to honor him and counteract the message of hate and intolerance that the WBC continues to convey," Jackson said.

The proceeds from the fundraiser will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital, an organization close to the late actor's heart. So far, Planting Peace has raised more than $1,000 of a $30,000 goal via a Crowd Rise initiative.
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,946
    WBC have no souls, and apparently way too much time on their hands
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,047
    bootlegger10 said:

    WBC have no souls, and apparently way too much time on their hands

    Definitely.

    I want to just obliterate this thread however because it occurs to me they get too much attention, too much press.

    I want to be more focused on supporting Planting peace and one of Robin's favorite charity, St Jude Children's Hospital, than a bunch of whacked out religious freaks. Help the kids!

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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Every time I think people can't get any uglier...

    Hopefully increased donations, the good they will do, outweigh the complete fuckeduppery of this fucked up group.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,956
    edited August 2014
    bootlegger10 said:

    WBC have no souls, and apparently way too much time on their hands

    They really make me wish that I believe in hell.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,604
    so, in their fucked up way , good is coming from their actions. More and more people and groups are stepping up to negate what WBC hopes to achieve. God really does work in mysterious ways.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,047
    mickeyrat said:

    so, in their fucked up way , good is coming from their actions. More and more people and groups are stepping up to negate what WBC hopes to achieve. God really does work in mysterious ways.

    I was thinking the same thing, Mickeyrat. I even went so far as to think, "What if these people are actually very pro-gay/anti-hate underground activists using reverse psychology to undermine hate groups?" Not very likely, of course, but their actions kind of work that way anyway.

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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    Already a monthly St. Jude supporter but i may have to make an extra donation..
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,047
    cp3iverson said:

    Already a monthly St. Jude supporter but i may have to make an extra donation..

    :-bd
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  • ShawshankShawshank Posts: 1,018
    When I read this...

    WBC announced plans to picket Williams' funeral on Aug. 11 after labeling him a "Fag Pimp."

    I chuckled to myself, wondering how brilliantly funny Robin Williams could make that sad attempt at disparaging him. I don't even know what he'd say, but I can guarantee it would be funny as hell. That's the kind of legacy he left behind.
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