Posts Tagged ‘ Westboro ’

Fox 5 DC ran stories on the planning and execution of The Patriot‘s counter-protest. Student leaders are planning a counter-protest at 8 a.m. Thursday at Washington Circle and are spreading the word through a new Facebook group. “Although they do have the First Amendment right to say what they’re saying, we, too, have a...
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In an interview with the GW Patriot on Wednesday night, WBC organizer Shirley Phelps-Roper lashed out at homosexuals, taunted George Washington University students, and commented on the recent announcement of Kye Allums, the student athlete who became the first transgender athlete on a Division I basketball team.
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Four Westboro Baptist Church members picketed at the George Washington University on Veterans' Day, at Washington Circle. The GW Patriot organized a counter-protest for 7:30am on the opposite side of the circle. Several hundred students showed up, many with posters and/or wearing "I'm Gay for a Day" t-shirts that members of PKA fraternity designed...
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GW Patriot Managing Editor Hugo Scheckter poses in front of the Wesboro Baptist Church signs at the GW WBC counter-protest. Person who posts the best caption (as a comment) wins!
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To tweet your thoughts on the counter-protest or the Westboro protest, simply tweet using #gwu.
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The location for GW's official counterprotest of the Westboro picket has been finalized. However, there are important things to keep in mind before you go.
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PIKE brothers Tyler Fishbone, Charlie Rybak, and Jesse Rose have a rather interesting plan for the November 11th Westboro counterprotest- they want everyone to be “gay for a day.” The three have created t-shirts that proclaim in bold letters, “I’m gay for a day.”  The message on the shirt is a repudiation of the...
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