The Westboro Baptist Church announced on their Twitter page that they're planning to protest at Cory Monteith's funeral.
The "Glee" actor passed away over the weekend and his body was found in the Vancouver hotel room where he was staying after he missed his scheduled check-out time. So far no official cause of death has been released.
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After learning the news, many in the entertainment business as well as fans of the renowned television show, mourned the sudden and unexpected death of Monteith, and reps for on and off screen girlfriend Lea Michele released a statement on her behalf asking for privacy in these difficult times.
However, The Westboro Baptist Church celebrated the death of the actor and posted insensitive tweets criticizing Monteith for supporting gay rights and saying he's in "hell," and suggested Lea Michele to "kill herself" and join her boyfriend in the underworld.
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"@GLEEonFOX's Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel room," the organization wrote on their Twitter page. "STRUCK DOWN BY GOD!"
They continued their rant and even used a homophobic slur to describe the deceased actor.
"PRAISE GOD for killing Cory Monteith - a wicked f**-enabler before the LORD! Westboro Baptist Church is GLEE-ful over God's righteous judgment to end @CoryMonteith's life!"
WBC repeatedly posted the message tagging other Glee stars such as Matthew Morrison, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Naya Rivera and the rest of the cast, and also made sure their message got to most Glee fan pages and official accounts related to the show.
They also attacked Lea Michele writing:
"Will @msleamichele kill herself as well? Then the wedding can go on as planned IN HELL! - invites for all their fans!"
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The church went on criticizing the deceased actor and his girlfriend for supporting out and proud co-star Chris Colfer, and stated that they were being "cursed" by God for promoting homosexuality.
".@CoryMonteith & @msleamichele enabled proud fag @chriscolfer - now God curses them bitterly, suddenly & w/o remedy!"
Westboro Baptist suggested that the hashtags #RIPCoryMonteith and #StayStrongLea, that were being used by fans all over the twittosphere, were "stupid" and that the "proper" ones were #CoryInHell and #ObeyOrPerish.
In that same tweet, they called Monteith a "wh**e" and posted a fake eulogy stating that the actor died because he failed to obey his creator and slept around with women that were not his wife.
The Westboro Baptist Church has been criticized for their remarks and behavior. Earlier this year they held a protest at Krystle Campbell's funeral, the 29-year-old who was killed during the Boston Marathon bombings. They had also announced plans to picket the funerals of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and most recently, the firefighters who died in the Arizona wildfire.
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