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Awful, Trollish Baptist Church Is Picketing Cory Monteith's Funeral

I'm generally not prone to cover anything that mega-trolls the Westboro Baptist Church decides to flame, considering they're just a bunch of repressed wack-jobs who want attention. After all, they're our pals who recently called Taylor Swift a godless whore. But this is too awful to leave unaddressed.

The extremist Kansas-based religious group, led by Pastor Fred Phelps, has announced that they will be picketing the funeral of Cory Monteith because Glee, its actors and its fans are all "sinners" who condone the toleration of people who love each other. Sorry, I mean homosexuality.

Since Monteith's death, the group has already posted dozens of anti-LGBT wingnuttery messages on Twitter (there's never an appropriate time for such hatred, but this might be one of the worst times.) For example, the New York Daily News cites lovely Tweets such as "Canadian borders are worthless when God has words for you!" and "He taught millions to sin!"

Wilson Cruz, the spokesman for GLAAD, has responded to the Westboro insanity with a statement that's way more measured than the one I would make: "This shameful and vile display of hatred won't overshadow the kindness and compassion Cory showed in his unwavering commitment to equality for all." I'd have gone with something like "f*ck off," personally.

Monteith was cremated, with Lea Michele and his family paying their respects beforehand.
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