Counterprotesting the Phelps clan from Westboro Baptist Church is all the rage. Some in Dallas are planning to make a weekend out of it. But the best kind of counterprotest is one that raises money for a good cause. Resource Center Dallas needs a new ice machine for its nutrition program serving low-income people with HIV/AIDS. And they’re using Friday’s scheduled visit from the Westboro Baptists to help pay for it. For every minute the Phelps clan pickets the center, a horn will blow, and people will throw money into a gay Pride flag. As RCD’s Rafael McDonnell put it, “Bring lots of singles.” Afterward you can take whatever singles you have left over down to the strip.
DEETS: Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. 6:15 p.m. Free. www.rcdallas.org.
When are the Gay Communities across this country going to grow up and stop reacting to this maniac? We continue to give him everything he wants…media attention, media attention, and more media attention!
We know that he’s nothing more than a hate spewing low life who’s turned his entire family into a clan of hate mongers, but we continue to provide him with a venue to continue his hate mongering every place he shows up. We’re the ones who notify the media to cover the event…we’re the ones who force the police departments to provide protection to him and those of his ilk…we’re the ones who stand on the street corners blowing whistles and waving signs trying to attract the media attention to our side!!!
What do you think would happen if Mr. Phelps threw one of his “parties” and no one showed up….no “counterprotesters”…no police…no media reporters…no one??? Let me tell you what would happen, he’d go home and confine his hate filled preaching to his family, because they would be the only ones listening!!