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One of Scotland's most notorious cranks has died of lung cancer. Pastor Jack Glass believed the disease was a direct attack by Satan himself. He was a loving, Christian man:
He hit the headlines after organising a protest to coincide with the Papal visit to Scotland, which he argued violated the British Bill of Rights.
Pastor Glass also picketed Billy Connolly's shows after he was angered by one of the comedian's sketches based on the crucifixion.
An angry pastor was reported to have said:If the Forth was lava, I would throw him in.
More recently, he had fallen for one of popular culture's more obvious trolls and had been campaigning against Marilyn Manson. Pastor Glass loses cancer fight - BBC News, 25th February 2004.
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1: Posted by: Tony Cunningham | February 26, 2004 1:32 PM
I know it's not considered polite to speak ill of the dead, but my only thought on hearing this news was "Good fucking riddance".
Now if only Paisley would take the hint and drop dead.
2: Posted by: Feòrag | February 26, 2004 7:34 PM
It was very, very hard of me not to use "Good fucking riddance" as the headline. I wonder if it were Marilyn Manson who set Satan on him...
3: Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge | February 27, 2004 3:34 PM
If this pin-head got his knickers in a twist about ole' Billy he must not have got out much. Can we suggest that Anal Roberts, Gerry Falwell, and Pat "homos caused 9/11" Robertson to that list? And lets not forget the bloke behind www.godhatesfags.com
4: Posted by: Feòrag | February 27, 2004 3:55 PM
Fred Phelps is ancient, and his followers are mostly his family (but only about half of it - the rest saw sense and got away), so I think it's only a matter of time. Perhaps God really, really, doesn't want him around Him, and is too kind to impose him on His downstairs neighbour...
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