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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAngry high school students chase off members of the Westboro Baptist Church
When members of the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at a high school campus in Kansas City, MO, to protest the recent election of a trans girl as homecoming queen, a group of high school students were not pleased.
As members of the hate group congregated outside Oak Park High School, waving their usual God Hates Fags signs, they quickly faced a group of counter-protesters, carrying signs that read Westboro Baptist Church need Jesus and chanting Long live the queen!
When the hate group saw the mob of students heading their way, they realized they outnumbered and immediately ran to the safety of their minivan. As they skidded away hastily, students cheered.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/10/angry-high-school-students-chase-off-members-of-the-westboro-baptist-church/?fbclid=IwAR3pp26xTnifjDo53VtuNF_sS9Dew1R6xWtrfiMAaWzku1Z52VQqopfjlTA
This is amazing video at link
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)Ugh
Takket
(21,425 posts)trusty elf
(7,350 posts)Bongo Prophet
(2,641 posts)We are all stronger together.
RainCaster
(10,691 posts)Follow the money - these yahoos need to become extinct.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)WBC knows exactly how far they can go with their outrageousness, and do so. When someone attacks them for being outrageous, they retaliate by suing the shit out of the attacker.
RainCaster
(10,691 posts)No lawyers needed
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)They seemingly feed off of outrage and hate (their own, and that which they deliberately provoke in others). The original founder of Westboro was excommunicated from his own church .. that consisted largely of his own family members. Fred Phelps died, no longer a member of the church, in 2014 and the church has seen a steady depletion in numbers in intervening years. Numbers now estimated at 30-35, still largely from one family. And still (apparently) the same hateful bigots that Fred taught them to be.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)and for good reason. They've earned it. They're proud of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Hated_Family_in_America
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's nice to see this. Especially in a place like Kansas City, MO.
Midnight Writer
(21,552 posts)Pachamama
(16,875 posts)...chased those haters away and support Landon Patterson...who is a beautiful Homecoming Queen...
"Long Live the Queen"
MagickMuffin
(15,893 posts)I loved that part of the encounter. And how they surround the minivan.
LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)One high school student at a time. Bravo!
leftyladyfrommo
(18,816 posts)They showed up st St. Patrick's Catholic church one day. Their signs are disgusting but they were quiet. There were more police there than protesters.
druidity33
(6,435 posts)but it's still cool!
K&R.