Westboro Baptist chuch vs. Comic-com

[TwinsinCA]

Note that the organizers of Comic-Con are considering moving it to Anaheim, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas for 2011. IMO moving Comic-Con from San Diego would be an enormous sell out, the convention would lose its soul. If it's more money they're after, just raise the ticket prices. The event sells out in days, obviously there's more demand than supply!

Next year it will still be in San Diego. They already have the dates listed for next year on their website and list SD as the location (and they BETTER not move it because I bought my tickets already!). It is 2012 that it could move.

SD, Anaheim, and L.A. are all about 60 - 90 minutes from me so I really don't care where they have it. As long as it isn't Las Vegas! I'm afraid if they move it, there will be a lot of kinks to work out that they seem to have a handle on in SD.

I have to say that I was prepared for the worst last weekend and ended up being pleasantly surprised. The prepaid parking was a breeze. Traffic was non-existent. It was crowded at times and there are some long lines, but nothing anyone who as been to Disneyland can't deal with. And I laid eyes on both Ian Somerhalder and Nathan Fillion. It was a blast and I can't wait until next year!!

 

[Heidict]

I read about them protesting at Justin Bieber concerts a few weeks ago. They also protested a few Lady Gaga concerts. Lady Gaga told her fans not to pay attention to them and pray for them. I'm not a huge Lady Gaga fan but she clearly has more sense than them. I think the WBC is simply protesting anything that is popular and using the excuse about how certain things are evil. In one of my previous posts I mentioned the college instructor that I had who was from Lynchburg, VA. He said that during one of the protests that the WBC did at Jerry Falwell's church the WBC admitted to locals in the town and around the church that they were picketing because they wanted just as much attention that Jerry, Pat Robertston and other popular ministers were getting. The WBC recently pickted Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer events. They just want to get as much attention as they can because them picketing funerals isn't covered by the media that much anymore so if they picket an event that is popular or involves someone that is popular they know the media will report on it.

Oh yeah, no doubt they are media *****s. The leader/father is narcissistic. They will do what ever they can to get their name and face in the media, it doesn't matter what the event it.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Oh thanks for posting this. I LOVE the counter protest--and stealing the publicity out form under WBC is probably the best the worst thing that could happen in Phelp's minid. GO COMIC-COM

 

[kimblebee]

As the mom of a daughter who has her walls plastered with pictures of JB I kind of have to side with them on that one

 

[browneyes106]

As the mom of a daughter who has her walls plastered with pictures of JB I kind of have to side with them on that one

I'm not Bieber fan either. I do think it is funny that the WBC is protesting at his concerts. I think they are probably going to start protesting other popular singers' concerts for attention.