Westboro Baptist Church Cheers Cory Monteith Death, Hopes Lea Michele Will "Kill Herself"
As the entertainment world mourns the untimely demise of Cory Monteith, the Westboro Baptist Church has taken this opportunity to spread more messages of hate and intolerance. Cory Monteith was found dead Saturday.
Vancouver police found Monteith dead after he failed to check out at noon from the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. Staff went to check on him and made the discovery.
According to investigators, he was in the room Friday night with some friends before the group went out on the city, then came back early Saturday alone. No foul play is suspected in the death of Cory Monteith, whose rep confirmed the worst in a statement in the hours after this story broke:
"We are so saddened to confirm that the reports on the death of Cory Monteith are accurate," the rep said. "We are in shock and mourning this tragic loss."
But the following Tweets are in particular dreadful and awful.
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"@GLEEonFOX's Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel room," the organization wrote yesterday. "STRUCK DOWN BY GOD!"
The church added that it plans to picket Monteith's funeral - as it did for Steve Jobs, the Arizona shooting victims and many others - and also Tweeted:
"PRAISE GOD for killing Cory Monteith - a wicked fag-enabler before the LORD! Westboro Baptist Church is GLEE-ful over God's righteous judgment to end @CoryMonteith's life!"
Claiming in a faux, disgusting eulogy that Monteith had "failed" his "job" of obeying one's Creator because he slept around with women who were not his wife, the group concluded:
"Will @msleamichele kill herself as well? Then the wedding can go on as planned IN HELL! - invites for all their fans!"
The Westboro Baptist Church, which is based in Kansas, has also blamed the Oklahoma tornado on Kevin Durant and referred to Taylor Swift as a whore.