Westboro Baptist - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 18 Aug 2014 02:00:49 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Westboro Baptist - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Church plans protest at Robin Williams funeral https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/08/19/church-plans-protest-robin-williams-funeral/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:07:31 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=61958 Members of a notorious American church plan to protest at actor Robin Williams' funeral, over his previous portrayal of a gay man in a film. Although details of the funeral have not been made public, members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas say they will picket the event over Williams' role in "The Birdcage". Read more

Church plans protest at Robin Williams funeral... Read more]]> Members of a notorious American church plan to protest at actor Robin Williams' funeral, over his previous portrayal of a gay man in a film.

Although details of the funeral have not been made public, members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas say they will picket the event over Williams' role in "The Birdcage".

However, organisers at the global non-profit group Planting Peace have launched a fund-raiser to counter the church's plans.

Mr Jackson said that when the WBC announced they were protesting at the star's funeral, "we felt like launching a fund-raiser for a charity Robin loved would be the perfect way to honour him and counteract the message of hate and intolerance that the WBC continues to convey".

The proceeds from the fund-raiser will benefit St Jude Children's Hospital, which Williams supported during his life.

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