Marion Pellicano Ambrose
“Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 of congestive heart failure.” I read the headline and thought “Hmm, another Hollywood icon is gone.” Then I turned the page and didn’t think about it again. That is, not until I happened upon an article on the web that announced that the infamous Westboro Baptist Church was planning to picket her funeral to protest her advocacy of AIDS research and her multiple marriages. Margie Phelps, the daughter of Fred Phelps ,who heads up the church , posted the following tweet on Twitter : “spreadin’ the word that Westboro will picket funeral of serial-adulterous fag hag RIP Elizabeth Taylor Yay!”
I was shocked and disgusted, and that’s when I became interested enough to look into the life and legend of Dame Elizabeth Taylor.
