08-09-2012, 10:26 PM
I live in the state that is home to Westboro Church. They're on the southwest area of Kansas I believe? I'm quite a distance away from them, over an hour I know but they have been to a couple HIGH SCHOOLS in my neighborhood. They went to one to protest a gay man being crowned prom king. The crazy part was he'd graduated the school a couple years prior to the protest so they were a bit late he still howed up though and there was a counterprotest that held open a donation booth to fight aids that would be open so long as the Phelps were there, making the Phelps indirectly helping a cause they wouldn't like.
Then when I was a junior(maybe senior) they were at the high school by my house, the one I was supposed to go to but transferred to another school but anyway. So I got out of class early to go to that one. 200+ students and alies on one end and about 5 or 6 helps on the other. They were protesting the fact that the school was doing Rent as a school play. The thing that got me was they had a sign that had GSA on it and two stick figures doing it in the butt....this sign was held in front of a HIGH SCHOOL. Funny thing is they turned it around everytime a car drove by. It was the most sickening thing I have ever personally witnessed.
It used to completey enrage me, and even know I'm all re-pissed off but I just remember that this church is only about 60 people and all/most are part of the family. Also at the protest one of the students held up a sign that said "Obvious troll is obvious." so there's kinda a sick little joke about how the Westboro Church people are just a bunch of IRL trolls and well that's a way me and my friends all cope with their insanity. But I know the NORMAL homophobes aren't quite as crazy as these people and that's a...nice thought.
Then when I was a junior(maybe senior) they were at the high school by my house, the one I was supposed to go to but transferred to another school but anyway. So I got out of class early to go to that one. 200+ students and alies on one end and about 5 or 6 helps on the other. They were protesting the fact that the school was doing Rent as a school play. The thing that got me was they had a sign that had GSA on it and two stick figures doing it in the butt....this sign was held in front of a HIGH SCHOOL. Funny thing is they turned it around everytime a car drove by. It was the most sickening thing I have ever personally witnessed.
It used to completey enrage me, and even know I'm all re-pissed off but I just remember that this church is only about 60 people and all/most are part of the family. Also at the protest one of the students held up a sign that said "Obvious troll is obvious." so there's kinda a sick little joke about how the Westboro Church people are just a bunch of IRL trolls and well that's a way me and my friends all cope with their insanity. But I know the NORMAL homophobes aren't quite as crazy as these people and that's a...nice thought.