# The Leviathan vs Westboro Baptist Church - (with video)

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**Created:** [March 29, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leviathan-vs-westboro-baptist-church-with-video/654232 "2013-03-29T01:58:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leviathan-vs-westboro-baptist-church-with-video/654232/1 "2013-03-29T01:58:08Z")

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[And then all of a sudden God showed up…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZR5x1iHYE)

[Son of Westboro Baptist Church leader attacked on live TV by naked 500lb man who burst out of bathroom, sat on him and shouted: 'Who’s your daddy now?](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300604/David-Phelps-son-Westboro-Baptist-Church-leader-attacked-naked-35-STONE-man.html)

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leviathan-vs-westboro-baptist-church-with-video/654232/2 "2013-03-29T02:21:21Z")

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You know, while I can appreciate the schadenfreude here, I can’t help but feel that this just confirms this guy’s beliefs about gay people. Surely helping WBC people would involve showing them that gay people aren’t actually scary, rather than attacking them physically.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leviathan-vs-westboro-baptist-church-with-video/654232/3 "2013-03-29T02:30:31Z")

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Comedy on the level of Sacha Baron Cohen, don’t you think? There’s nothing really funny about it. It comes close to bullying in my book and it certainly doesn’t make WBC look bad. It’s the prankers who come off as asshats.

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leviathan-vs-westboro-baptist-church-with-video/654232/4 "2013-03-30T02:26:58Z")

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From the daily mail link:

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> The video is a publicity stunt for Battlecam, planning to stream live footage across the internet of a man being publically crucified in Beverly Hills on Easter Sunday.

It’s just a PR stunt by some jerks. This had nothing to do with gay people. Also given the crap that spews forth from that church, nothing is likely to change their view of gay people.