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Leonard Nimoy Funeral: Westboro Baptist Church Cancels Protest Plans, Can’t Find Where Funeral Will Be Held

The Westboro Baptist Church had announced plans to picket the funeral of Leonard Nimoy, but now the hate-filled church has been thwarted by funeral planners.

Nimoy died this week, prompting an outpouring of support from across the country, including President Obama. But his death also drew an angry response from the Westboro Baptist Church, the church famous for its anti-gay protests. The group often targets funerals, both of celebrities and of soldiers killed overseas, showing up with signs filled with anti-gay slurs. It had promised to be on site when Nimoy was laid to rest.

But now the Westboro Baptist Church has announced it will not be protesting at Leonard Nimoy’s funeral after planners decided to make the memorial private. The church announced the decision early Sunday on one of its official Twitter handles.

If the Westboro Baptist Church had been able to attend, Star Trek fans were ready to respond. Many of them had discussed counter-protest ideas on Twitter and on Reddit news threads, with some reportedly planning to encircle the Westboro Baptist Church protesters. Others encouraged Star Trek fans to simply ignore the Westboro Baptist Church protesters at Leonard Nimoy’s funeral, with some saying the protest plans were an indication that he lived a full and complete life.

There were some who believed that the Westboro Baptist Church never really intended to protest at the funeral of Leonard Nimoy. The church is famous for announcing plans to picket at high-profile funerals and other events but never showing up.

Protest me if old.

 

[RedToad64]

All funerals should be private so these jerks can't show up.

 

[CitrusStorm]

Live long and suck it, WBC.

 

[Abounder]

Cloaking device activated. Go to hell WBC

 

[BrokenIcarus]

How can you be so damn fucked up?
Spreading your agenda, while other people mourn? What the fuck is wrong with them?

 

[Ein Bear]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

 

[LumpOfCole]

What does God need with a hate church?

 

[Sephzilla]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

I'm honestly surprised this hasn't happened yet.

 

[Tesseract]

How can you be so damn fucked up?
Spreading your agenda, while other people mourn? What the fuck is wrong with them?

they're expired human vegetables

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Twitter needs to get rid of accounts that are clearly run by hate groups.

 

[RedToad64]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

They're lawyers. I would not get anywhere near them.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

They want to get assaulted to sue people right?

 

[Dalek]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

If I recall-I think that they would actually welcome that-because then they would sue, and then use the funds from that lawsuit to fund their future protests.

 

[Dai101]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

Easy. They'll sue the fuck out of anyone that does that. That's how they have some of their money, litigious motherfuckers.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Good, I'm glad these pieces of shit can't find it. That makes me happy.

 

[GeekyDad]

Wait...Nimoy was gay?

 

[Averon]

You'd be playing right into WBC's hands if you physically attacked a member. That cult is full of lawyers.

They purposely do this shit to get a rise out of people and hope someone lashes out so they can sue them for all they're worth.

 

[jerry1594]

Wait...Nimoy was gay?

No they just use high profile funerals to draw attention to themselves.

 

[Damaniel]

Wait...Nimoy was gay?

They don't target particular funerals due to the deceased's sexual orientation, they do it to famous people strictly for maximum shock value. These days, it's mainly 'threaten to do it', since they don't actually make good on their threats.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Wait...Nimoy was gay?

Nope, he was married with a woman. Although I'd guess he was very open minded, which probably pisses these people off. EDIT: Or what Damaniel said!

 

[ggnoobIGN]

No they just use high profile funerals to draw attention to themselves.

Yeah. Most of the time they don't actually show up. But announcing that they will is enough to get headlines they want.

 

[Alx]

No they just use high profile funerals to draw attention to themselves.

Well, that's even more stupid than I thought. Why target funerals then ? Only for shock value ?

 

[Catdaddy]

The funeral has been cloaked???

I think he was Jewish, which is probably enough for WBC to protest.

 

[Ambient80]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

They came to WV once to protest the miners that died in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. I emphasize once, because apparently they were told that they were welcome to protest, but that it was unlikely they'd ever be found afterward.

EDIT: Of course this could be untrue, but several townsfolk said they talked to them and managed to do so without being recorded. So who knows.

 

[Violence Jack]

I honestly don't understand how they get away with pulling this sort of stuff at funerals anyway. How do they not all just get the shit kicked out of them?

There's a video of their bus getting pelted with rocks in Baltimore, I think.

They pretty much dare anyone to do any sort of physical harm to them so they can sue. They're leeches looking for attention.

 

[Savitar]

I can't help but think if they had showed up and some very die hard ST fans had been there not all might have been made alive.

Miners wouldn't have compared.

 

[Peagles]

Kingsman was a great movie

 

[Corgi]

I can't help but think if they had showed up and some very die hard ST fans had been there not all might have been made alive.

Miners wouldn't have compared.

im just imagining chaos breaking out with homemade phasers and klingon bat'leth.