Westboro protesters outnumbered 500 to 6 today at Drake

[47of74]

Source: The Des Moines Register.

A family of six carrying signs that read “God hates fags” faced more than 500 counter-protesters singing “All You Need Is Love” on the Drake University campus this morning.

The confrontation was peaceful, lasted 35 minutes, and no arrests were made.

The family of Fred Phelps, founder of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, was in Des Moines to picket the university for hosting a symposium on same-sex marriage.

Waving signs that read, “Fags are beasts” and “God hates Jews,” the Phelps family assembled on the south side of University Avenue at 7:40 a.m., while the counter-protesters — for the most part — stayed on the north side with signs that read, “Drake rejects hate,” and “My God loves everyone.”

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100410/NEWS/100410002/Westboro-protesters-outnumbered-500-to-6-today-at-Drake