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" I&amp;#039;m generally not prone to cover anything that mega-trolls the Westboro Baptist Church decides to flame, considering they&amp;#039;re just a bunch of repressed wack-jobs who want attention. After all, they&amp;#039;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 &amp;quot;sinners&amp;quot; who condone the toleration of people who love each other. Sorry, I mean homosexuality. Since Monteith&amp;#039;s death, the group has already posted dozens of anti-LGBT wingnuttery messages on Twitter (there&amp;#039;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 &amp;quot;Canadian borders are worthless when God has words for you!&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;He taught millions to sin!&amp;quot; Wilson Cruz, the spokesman for GLAAD, has responded to the Westboro insanity with a statement that&amp;#039;s way more measured than the one I would make: &amp;quot;This shameful and vile display of hatred won&amp;#039;t overshadow the kindness and compassion Cory showed in his unwavering commitment to equality for all.&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;d have gone with something like &amp;quot;f*ck off,&amp;quot; personally.  Monteith was cremated, with Lea Michele and his family paying their respects beforehand. Follow Anna on Twitter.  Image via PacificCoastNews.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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