A Foo Fighters gig in Kansas, USA later this month is set to be picketed by a notorious fundamentalist Christian church, who claim that they are representative of the entertainment industry which encourages ‘fornication, adultery, idolatry, fags.’

The Westboro Baptist Church, which has been known to picket funerals of US soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan carrying placards declaring ‘God hates fags’ and ‘Thank God for dead soldiers’ claims on its website that it will be protesting outside the gig at the Sprint Centre in Kansas City on September 16th.

Its website claims: “The entertainment industry is a microcosm of the people in this doomed nation: hard-hearted, hell-bound, and hedonistic. These people have a platform and should be using it to encourage obedience to God; instead they teach every person who will listen all things contrary to him: fornication, adultery, idolatry, fags.”

They go on to declare “The people in this nation have sinned away their day of grace and have so enraged their God that you are seeing new outpourings of his wrath continually. We will be there to remind you that the day of your destruction is upon you, even as you vainly seek comfort in the frivolities of this life.”

Maybe these nuts got a bit too hot under the collar after watching the homo erotic teaser video put out by the band last week. The Foo Fighters are expected to get a much warmer reaction when they head down under at the end of November to play their much anticipated Australian tour.

Foo Fighters Australian Tour 2011
MONDAY 28 NOV PERTH – nib STADIUM
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

FRIDAY 2 DEC MELBOURNE – AAMI PARK SOLD OUT
SATURDAY 3 DEC MELBOURNE – AAMI PARK 2ND & FINAL SHOW ON SALE NOW
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

MONDAY 5 DEC ADELAIDE – OVAL
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

THURSDAY 8 DEC SYDNEY – FOOTBALL STADIUM
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

SATURDAY 10 DEC GOLD COAST – METRICON STADIUM
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

TUESDAY 13 DEC AUCKLAND – WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM
Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz

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