J.K. Rowling Claps Back at Westboro Baptist Church

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J.K. Rowling was minding her own business on Twitter today, celebrating the news that Ireland became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. In a tweet, she supported the idea that Dumbledore and Gandalf should marry in the Emerald Isle.

\u201cSitting here watching the Irish make history. Extraordinary and wonderful.\u201d
— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1432376101

\u201c.@justaoifethings \ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf40\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udc9a Then they could get married IN IRELAND! \ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf40\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udc9a\u201d
— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1432376101

Pink News, a U.K. gay news website, covered the tweet in an article, which inspired the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), who constantly fights to stay relevant, to include her in a homophobic tweet to Pink News.

\u201cJK Rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland! https://t.co/jHKAqUAyZM\u201d
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) 1432658854

Westboro Baptist Church added Rowling's Twitter handle to the fire, and said:

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— PinkNews (@PinkNews) 1432658854

Rowling, the anti-homophobic saviour of muggles and wizards everywhere, snapped back:

\u201c.@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.\u201d
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) 1432658854

A random Twitter user attacked Rowling for being "counterproductive" by engaging the attention-hungry WBC, and she let them hear it:

\u201cI don't care about WBC. I think it's important that scared gay kids who aren't out yet see hate speech challenged. https://t.co/XumjDmEjuw\u201d
— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1432714516

Who doesn't want to see Dumbledore marry Gandalf? Can you even imagine their epic wedding? Two fandoms united by magical wizard love and we are HERE for it.

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