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    Meet The Gay Scottish Teenager Who Took On The Westboro Baptist Church With The Power Of Song

    “The anger and dismay gave me the idea to parody a parody."

    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.

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    The video of her performing her song, “Your Beliefs Are a Lie What a Tragedy”, has now been watched over 20,000 times. The full lyrics can be found here.

    Speaking to BuzzFeed about its success, Anderson said: “I wanted to create the video when I heard WBC's 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."

    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.

    “They were being rude and some left graphic homophobic insults," she said, "but I wasn't brought down by this as the only person who should be ashamed in this situation is them."

    The Scottish teen said she has been making videos on YouTube since January, and is about to go to a local music college where she'll be specialising in drums.