Westboro Baptist Church chickens out again

Published Feb 28 2011, 02:14 PM by Jeff Inglis

The cowardly Westboro Baptist Church hatemonger nutballs who were threatening to picket Seacoast Rep's performance of The Laramie Project last week never showed up, turning what might have been an ugly protest/counter-protest into the opposite of what the "God (and we intolerant bigots) hates fags" group was hoping for.

It was a community festival of support, inclusion, and understanding. Here's some local media coverage of the event, which targeted the right-wing organization - though previous WBC event listings around here have also not resulted in any demonstrations by the hate-your-neighbor group.

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110224/GJNEWS_01/702249751

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110224-NEWS-102240415

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110225-OPINION-102250371

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