Tag Archives: Westboro Baptist Church

Billboards

Posted on Fri, 12 June 2009 by Mel Green

While in 2003 Jerry Prevo decried Westboro Baptist Church tactics, in 2009 he & his allies didn’t hesitate to use children — even some younger then 10 — in a very like way, as billboards for their parents’ prejudices. Continue reading →

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Publicity, publicity, publicity

Posted on Tue, 8 July 2003 by Mel Green

Which Anchorage churches did the Phelpists picket during PrideFest 2003, & which not, & why?

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Those Phelpists aren't too clever, are they?

Posted on Tue, 8 July 2003 by Mel Green

Why did Westboro Baptist Church, famous for their website “godhatesfags.com,” picket Anchorage Baptist Temple — famous in Anchorage as the very center of antigay attitudes in Alaska?

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Anchorage Pride 2003: Look how far we’ve come

Posted on Fri, 27 June 2003 by Mel Green

A brief history of the annual Pride parade in Anchorage from 1983, in which there were 19 marchers, to 2001, in which there were two to three thousand. Can the followers of Fred Phelps wreck that? Don’t think so.

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Fred Phelps coming to Anchorage

Posted on Fri, 20 June 2003 by Mel Green

The “godhatesfags.com” followers of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps announce plans to picket in Anchorage during PrideFest 2003.

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