--- title: J.K. Rowling, Westboro Baptist Church: See Their Twitter Fight description: J.K. Rowling had an incredible response to the Westboro Baptist Church saying they would picket Dumbledore and Gandalf's wedding canonical: https://time.com/3899553/j-k-rowling-twitter-westboro-baptist-church/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-28T11:40:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:10.859Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See J.K. Rowling's Twitter Spat With Westboro Baptist Church og:description: It "would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls" og:url: https://time.com/3899553/j-k-rowling-twitter-westboro-baptist-church/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See J.K. Rowling's Twitter Spat With Westboro Baptist Church twitter:description: It "would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Had An Incredible Twitter Fight With the Westboro Baptist Church > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with Ally. 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See what they've been up to since they defeated Lord Voldemort._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 28, 2015 11:40 AM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 28, 2015 11:40 AM UTC It didn’t take long for the Westboro Baptist Church to taunt J.K. Rowling on Twitter for her [awesome response](http://time.com/3895184/jk-rowling-ireland-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/) to Ireland legalizing same sex marriage. But the Harry Potter author fired back in kind. After Ireland [legalized same sex marriage](http://time.com/3895041/ireland-legalize-gay-marriage/) by popular vote, Rowling tweeted a meme suggesting that if Dumbledore, beloved Hogwarts headmaster, and Gandalf, _Lord of the Rings_ wizard, were gay together, they could now get married in that country. The extremist Westboro Baptist Church tweeted at the author, saying they would picket the fictional wedding. That’s when Rowling shot them down: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/603307065054990336) Rowling was criticized by some fans for drawing more attention to the group by publicly engaging with them. But she had a response for them as well: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/603474537863327744) ### Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Illustrations  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hermione Granger Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Ron Weasley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Draco Malfoy Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Rubeus Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hogwarts Grand Hall Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Dragon Alley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hagrid Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  An owl Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  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