27 May 2015

Westboro Baptist Church’s bizarre feud with JK Rowling over the concept of Dumbledore and Gandalf marrying

Tiny bigoted Vines.

JK Rowling has locked horns with famed hate speech aficionados the Westboro Baptist Church. And it’s all gone a bit weird.

Following the Irish gay marriage referendum result, Rowling was prompted to suggest her creation, Dumbledore, can now get married to JRR Tolkien’s equivalent elderly bearded wizard person, Gandalf.

.@justaoifethings Then they could get married IN IRELAND! pic.twitter.com/yXedPavZfp

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 23, 2015

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Yay!

But then someone from the Westboro Baptist Church – apparently doing their daily forensic trawl of Pink News – threatened to protest against the beautiful upcoming nuptials:

So @jk_rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland; if it happens, WBC will picket! #NotBanned @pinknews pic.twitter.com/zY7hT09Nv4

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— WBCSays (@WBCsigns) May 26, 2015

Boooo!

Quick as a flash, JK swooped in with a blistering response…

.@WBCsigns Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 26, 2015