“I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to tell the world how terrible they are in a hope to make people more aware of homophobia.”
Last month 16-year-old Rebecca Anderson decided to create this video in response to the Westboro Baptist Church’s homophobic parody of a Panic! At The Disco song.
The video of her performing her song, “Your Beliefs Are A Lie what A Tragedy”, has now been watched over 20,000 times and the full lyrics can be found here.
Speaking to BuzzFeed about its success, Anderson said: “I wanted to create the video when I heard WBCs parody of Panic! At The Disco. The original was one of my favourite songs by P!ATD, and I was extremely annoyed to hear them crush it with homophobic lyrics."
“The anger and dismay just gave me the idea to parody a parody."
"To be honest at first it was just a little joke, but I imagined the impact it could have and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to tell the world how terrible they are in a hope to make people more aware of homophobia.”
youtube.com / Via Rebecca Anderson
The teenager, from Edinburgh, said the reaction to her video had been fantastic and she is very happy at the way the video is being shared.
“It's great to know that this is going round and people are learning about the ridiculous views of WBC in a comedic sense,” she added.
The church has also heard of her video and people claiming to be members started engaging Anderson on YouTube.
youtube.com / Via Rebecca Anderson
“They were being rude and some left graphic homophobic insults but I wasn't brought down by this as the only person who should be ashamed in this situation is them,” she said.
The commentators told Anderson she was helping spread their message, but she countered that pretty much everyone who has viewed her video has “not felt the miraculous need to follow their church's views”.
youtube.com / Via Rebecca Anderson
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