March 6, 2008

Million Fag March. Be One of a Million!

This is your chance to take part in an historic event. Give Fred Phelps and family a taste of their own medicine. Join the Million Fag March!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“MILLION FAG MARCH” PLANS TO PROTEST FRED PHELPS
Group Hopes For Large Numbers Outside Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS.

TOPEKA, Kans., February 7, 2008 – March 30th is the date one small group is hoping one large group will take a stand against Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Beginning at 11:00AM on that Sunday, a planned protest will take place outside of the church in Topeka, KS. “A million people may be aiming a little high, but we’re hoping for a large turnout,” said Chris Love, one of the March’s organizers. “This isn’t a ‘gay-only’ event. Anyone who would like to express their displeasure with the Phelps family and their continuing message of intolerance and hate is welcome.”

The virulently homophobic Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), based in Topeka, Kansas, has gained notoriety by picketing the funerals of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan to protest what the group sees as America’s acceptance of homosexuality. The group has used this and similar tactics at a variety of events nationwide.

Some wonder if the march will only draw more attention to the Phelps’ message. Love noted, “Up until now, the only media-mentioned protests against the WBC were footnotes to stories about the Phelps’ publicity stunts. We don’t think we’re going to change the Phelps’ minds, but we hope they realize that there is an opposing voice that is equally as powerful as their own. Or at least, as powerful as they perceive it to be.”

And if that doesn’t work? “Well, for one day we’ll bring homosexual and heterosexual people together for a united cause. In Kansas, no less.”

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