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Steerpike

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Tue Apr 15, 2014, 12:07 AM Apr 2014

Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket Alaska Native Heritage Center [View all]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, recently announced plans to picket the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Sunday, June 1, a move that quickly triggered talk of a counterprotest.In a flyer published online Sunday, the Westboro Baptist Church said it would send protesters to the educational and cultural center in Muldoon at 8:45 a.m. because, "God hates your idols." "There is nothing appealing or holy about the 'heritage' of the eleven 'distinct cultures' or 'diverse population' of Alaska," the flyer said. In response to the Anchorage picket, Alaskans launched a Facebook group Monday afternoon. Within two hours, it had more than 100 members and preliminary discussions swirled around a counterprotest with drums, dancing and song.



Read more: http://www.adn.com/2014/04/14/3425674/westboro-baptist-church-says-it.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1



Geez Louise! I thought I was well away from these creeps.....
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