Plans to spite Westboro Baptist Church with wedding of Dumbledore and Gandalf impersonators

A FEW weeks ago after the successful Irish same-sex marriage referendum, author JK Rowling posted a tweet that suggested fictional wizards Dumbledore, the headmaster in her Harry Potter series, and Lord of the Rings wizard Gandalf could get married in Ireland.

This was met by a homophobic hate tweet from the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, who claimed they would picket the union it it where to happen.

 

.@justaoifethings Then they could get married IN IRELAND! pic.twitter.com/yXedPavZfp

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 23, 2015

.@WBCsigns Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 26, 2015

 

Adding to the support of marriage equality, the organisation behind the rainbow coloured house, Equality House — which is situated directly across the road from the Westboro Baptist Church’s HQ in the US— have announced they will host a wedding between Dumbledore and Gandalf character impersonators.

They made the announcement on their Facebook page: