We talked to one of Fred Phelps's granddghters about why she qu the gay-hatg Kansas church to jo the rabow-pated "Plantg Peace" muny that ss directly oppose WBC headquarters.
Contents:
- HOE ACROSS FROM WTBORO BAPTIST IS PATED WH GAY PRI RABOW COLORS
- EQUALY HOE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI, BULLET HOL
- PEOPLE ARE LEAVG WTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE BIG GAY HOE ACROSS THE ROAD
HOE ACROSS FROM WTBORO BAPTIST IS PATED WH GAY PRI RABOW COLORS
Aaron Jackson bought the hoe across om the church known for s anti-gay protts... and pated the lours of the pri flag. * gay house across from church *
The rabow "Equaly Hoe" is loted across the street om the anti-gay Wtboro Baptist Church.
When Aaron Jackson found a property for sale across the street om the Wtboro Baptist Church Topeka, Kansas, right away he had the ia to buy the hoe and pat the lors of the Pri founr of Plantg Peace — a global nonprof whose iativ clu environmental nservatn and LGBTQ advocy mpaigns — Jackson wanted to make a statement wh his choice of pat a number of relig groups are supportive of LGBTQ cln and equaly, acrdg to the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), the Wtboro Baptist Church is not one of anizatn is nsired to be an extremist and anti-gay relig group, acrdg to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
And s members believe that homosexualy is a s, acrdg to the church's webse (which clus a homophobic ephet s URL).
EQUALY HOE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI, BULLET HOL
Left: A sign above an entrance to the Wtboro Baptist Church photographed Augt 2014 says that homosexuals will suffer "the vengeance of eternal fire.
As NBC reported at the time, Jackson and thori disvered anti-gay graffi as well as seven bullet hol on the outsi of the home.
Visors started wrg posive msag on the outsi of the Equaly Hoe after was vandalized wh antigay graffi 2016, Jackson told Insir. " The Anti-Defamatn League lls the church "a homophobic, anti-Semic hate group. I always looked at like, let's jt let the gays get married and let's move onto real issu like climate change or somethg of that nature.
PEOPLE ARE LEAVG WTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE BIG GAY HOE ACROSS THE ROAD
As Mark wrote last year, Josef Mil stood ont of protters rryg signs that read "God Hat [Gays]" wh his own sign that read "God Hat No One.