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Westboro Baptist Church pickets at Less Than Jake show

By Patrick Haynes · On April 17, 2011


The Westboro Baptist Church has added another item to the list of things they will protest: rock concerts.

The controversial, independent Baptist church, popular for protesting funerals of men killed for being homosexual, Jewish communities and funerals of children killed in the Tucson shooting, picketed last night’s Less Than Jake show in Pensacola, Fl.

Drummer Vinnie Fiorello announced the mind-boggling news through a tweet, saying, “Why would Westboro Baptist Church protest a Less Than Jake show? #3out5membersloveanalandtheother2lovesatan.”

Saxophonist Peter “JR” Wasilewski tweeted “we had religious protesters at our show tonight. FUCKIN AWESOME!!”

The headline-making church, led by Fred Phelps and his family, has protested concerts in the past, picketing an All Time Low show in Philadelphia in 2009.  A reason for this particular protest has yet to be given by the church.

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Patrick Haynes

I’m a 22 year old journalism graduate from Round Lake, Illinois that went to Western Illinois University. I work for Paper + Plastick Records, where I handle marketing and help out with things like coming up with ideas for sales and finding new bands to put out releases by. I played a variety of instruments in a few bands, including guitar, bass and saxophone. I pretty much live and breathe music and the only sports team worth watching, the Boston Red Sox. I like cats, beer, and my beard. Let me know if you want to talk music, I’m always down.

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2 Comments

  • Dylan Powell says: April 17, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Spewing rhetoric, eh?

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