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Protesters Don't Dampen Katie's Broadway Debut!
Posted on Fri Sep 19, 2008 08:37 AM PDT
Katie arrived at the theater for her big Broadway debut early yesterday, with adorable little Suri in her arms. But she wasn't the only one who arrived early -- thirty or so "Anonymous" protesters showed up with masks and signs outside of Katie's Broadway debut in All My Sons to protest her Scientology. They made a point of saying that they were not protesting Katie or the play, but using the venue to protest the dangers of Scientology.
But despite the ruckus outside, she still put on an "extraordinary" performance -- at least according to her biggest fan: Tom!
Tom gushed to the AP via Yahoo's OMG about Katie's debut, but he wasn't the only celeb in the audience. Dustin Hoffman also attended the sold-out premiere.
But the bigger show might have taken place outside of the theater -- with protesters (some in V is for Vendetta masks) holding signs reading "Free Katie", "Scientology is a Cult!", and "Save Katie, Keep Tom!", they certainly drew a lot of attention!
Check out our gallery for even more protest pix!
My favorite might be "Save Katie, Keep Tom!"
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Comments
this is terrible!
why would they show up at the premier of her musical and protest her religion??
she has a right to believe whatever the hell she chooses.
why would they want to ruin a special day for her?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MENTION HOW YOUR STORY ABOUT PARIS LOSING HER DOGS IS A BUNCH OF BULL S**T AND YOU GUYS MADE IT UP!!!!
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MENTION HOW YOUR STORY ABOUT PARIS LOSING HER DOGS IS A BUNCH OF BULL S**T AND YOU GUYS MADE IT UP!!!!
Scientology is not a religion like paying MORE taxes does not make you patriotic.
As of today, it is still the land of the free. Leave Katie alone & let her be who she wants to be. People have the right to believe whatever they believe. At least she believes in something!!
OMG why are these celebs so stupid? Scientology is NOT a religion, it's a dangerous cult! STUPID FUucKING Katie Holmes - she cannot do shit without being followed by Tom's Scientology buddies. she turned her back on all her old friends and her family, she fuucked up her whole life. Some celebs are really lucky to escape this nightmare..I heard that Pink is about to fall into the same shithole, pls NO! I don't want to see her fuuck up her own life like these stupid asses.
Belinda you are an idiot! Who cares what she wants to believe! She isnt bothering anyone with it. Plus, they never said it was a religion. They are allowed to believe in God. Who are we to tell someone what they can and can not put their faith in. That is what is wrong with this world...everyone is so worried about what everyone else is doing instead of minding their own life!
and one more thing...free her from what??? She picked that life! She is not a hostage!
HEY J,
I don't give a f*ck about what Katie is
doing, but I do care about Pink and other good stars coz I love them. This Scientology(which is believed to be a religion by some morons) shit is ruining their lives,
messing up their careers..Big examples;
this moronic Katie&her idiot husband, John Travolta, and many others..Nichole
was really lucky to escape that pukehole. People's actions after getting involved with Scientology is sufficient evidence that people should stay the fuuck away from it.
I still believe she signed some sort of contract with Tom and now she's stuck in her golden cage. Yes she needs to be freed. It's not a healthy life, and no way Suri is going to grow up normal.
ETs , spirits?
The very same so powerless ,so so stinking dead shit.
No Thanks!
F u All u Powerless Stupid F...!
If in trouble you know where to find me Katie.
Guess you have bit more brain then "some" other "celebs"
Love :)
Anonymous, does not protest the Scientology religion, it protests the abuses of their leadership. As well as their censorship of those that oppose them. Go to exscientologykids dot com
SCIENTOLOGY KILLSSSSS, DITTO!
Scientology is NOT a religion. They have every right to protest. Get INFORMED. You people saying negative things clearly have no idea how much involvement Scientology has with politicians, judges, lawyers. Its sickening. Go Anons!
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
Anonymous protests the Church of Scientology because it's a dangerous cult, not because it's members have weird beliefs.
EVERY religion is a cult.
Sadly, everyone thinks THEIR cult is better them everyone elses.
A lot of people don't believe Scientology is a religion. And most Anonymous "members" are against the practices, not the beliefs.
If anyone did just a miniscule bit of research on Scientology they'd understand why Anonymous do what they do. And you know what? Some members /are/ pretty much hostages. And lol, J, they don't believe in "God" in fact they think Jesus is fake and implanted in people's minds to fool them. They probably feel sorry for Christians.
whyweprotest.net might help clear up some misconceptions about the purpose and message behind the protests.
Anons were actually saying supportive things to Katie (such as wishing her success) while protesting the cult.
You said: "EVERY religion is a cult."
That may or may not be true, but the converse is NOT true. Not every cult is a religion. L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics / Scientology, originally was adamant that Scientology was NOT a religion (or psychotherapy). The push to get classified as a religion is relatively recent, and gets the cult benefits such as tax exemption other (legitimate) religions do not get; plus cultists get to cry "you're all religious bigots" at any critic, even when the critic is not discussing theri BELIEF system (as whacked out as it may be) but the documented abuses of Scientology such as Reclamation Project Force gulags, forced abortions in the Sea Organization (a paramilitary wing of the cult), child abuse, child labor, infiltration of governments (Google Operation Snow White), harassment of critics (Operation Freak Out + Paulette Cooper), using fraudelent Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims (DMCA) to remove YouTube videos critical of the abuses of Scientology (temporarily, fortunately), and a thousand other bad behaviors, illegal acts, immoral behaviors and more perpetrated by the CoS, all while it hides behind a belatedly applied self-description as a "religion." A 'religion' with no god, no worship, and teachings you must pay almost $300,000 US to get access to (which end up being, in sum, that you are infested with invisible angry dead space alien ghost cooties, and they are the cause of all your problems in life and the reason why you don't have magical superhero powers).
The CoS also hides behind front groups that target the vulnerable and / or naive, such as Narconon (vulnerable addicts; Narconon has a 'success rate' of 6.6%; doing NOTHING AT ALL has a success rate of 11%), Applied Scholastics / Study Tech (targets children), WISE, Sterling Management, ABLE (targets naive businesspeople) and many, many more.
Scientology: IT IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK.