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Dumbledore and Gandalf Marry, and Vanquish the Westboro Baptist Church

LOVE WINS

Slammed by J.K. Rowling, Westboro Baptist threatened to picket the wedding. On the day love won out, but not before we came face-to-face with the church’s Shirley Phelps-Roper.

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Randy Potts

What started as a Twitter spat between author J. K. Rowling and the Westboro Baptist Church ended on Sunday afternoon as a same-sex “marriage” in Topeka, Kansas between two wizards walking the aisle across the street from Westboro’s family compound where signs saying “God Hates Fags,” were plentiful and upside-down...

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