Hundreds counter Phelps' anti-gay picketers at high school in Kansas

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Hundreds counter Phelps' anti-gay picketers at Shawnee Mission East
By JIM SULLINGER
The Kansas City Star


When Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church picket a soldier’s funeral, a cadre of Patriot Guard riders typically shows up to protest the picketers.

But when the Westboro group showed up this afternoon at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, hundreds of students and adults gathered on three corners to show their disdain for the church’s anti-gay message.

The Phelps group was confined to the fourth corner at 75th Street and Mission Road.

Westboro church members believe that God is punishing America for tolerating homosexuality. They have drawn harsh criticism across the nation for picketing at funerals of servicemen and servicewomen.

Their message didn’t sit well with many students at the high school where, according to student Jake Davidson, there is a Gay and Straight Alliance at the school and students elected a homecoming king in 2007 who was openly gay.

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My hometown! My son went to this high school. I am SO proud of these kids!!!

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1. That's terrific...and I was born 40 years too damn soon.

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2. I don't believe these people any longer belong to a church

I think it is just family members and few of those even. I think they need their Church Status pulled and declared a cult. It seems obvious to me they do nothing but spout hatred and bring grief to those already grieving. They serve no community function at all. They need their Church status revoked and taxes imposed.