The Westboro Baptist Church, unaffiliated to the Baptist Church, is known throughout the world basically as being a group of anti-gay fanatics who picket celebrity funerals and warn about the coming Apocalypse - and, among the many who won't take it from them is the author of the "Harry Potter" saga, as J.K. Rowling's Twitter profile proves.
Now, a few days after J.K. Rowling's Twitter made headlines for a much sillier situation (she was teasing Neville Longbottom actor Matthew Lewis over his recent photo shoot spread basically half naked), the famous writer is now standing up to gat rights in the face of a famously bigoted cult.
It's not the first time that the English writer takes to J.K. Rowling's Twitter to defend gay rights, as a few months back a fan asked her about Albus Dumbledore's sexuality, saying he didn't seem gay, and she replied that gay people basically just look like people.
According to Us Weekly, the to J.K. Rowling Twitter situation began as the author celebrated the recent results of Ireland's same-sex marriage legalization, the first country in the world to make equal marriage legal through popular vote; the writer was more than joyous on social media, even jokingly commenting that Gandalf from "Lord of the Rings" and Dumbledore could get married in Ireland.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that, among the many replies that came from the original J.K. Rowling Twitter comments was a tweet from the Westboro Baptist Church, saying that, if fictional characters Dumbledore and Gandalf were to marry, the church would picket the event.
"Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls," the writer posted as a reply, in a tweet that's been retweeted more than 10,000 times.
Following the remarks, USA Today reports that Rowling received a lot of criticism over paying attention to Westboro at all, and she took to Twitter again to say that it was important for "scared gay kids" to see that kind of "hate speech" challenged.
Kudos to J.K. Rowling's Twitter for her strong message!
