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Billboards
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
Posted in Ordinance, The incredibly true adventures of Rev. Jerry Prevo
Tagged AKMuckraker, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Assembly public hearing, children, cynical ploys, Fred Phelps, Jerry Prevo, June 9 public hearing, lgbtq, Matthew Shepard, Mudflats (blog), Philip Munger, Progressive Alaska (blog), Westboro Baptist Church
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Publicity, publicity, publicity
Which Anchorage churches did the Phelpists picket during PrideFest 2003, & which not, & why?
Posted in LGBTQ history
Tagged All Saints Episcopal Church, Anchorage Baptist Temple, Anchorage Daily News, Fred Phelps, lgbtq, MCC (Metropolitan Community Church), PrideFest, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Westboro Baptist Church
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Those Phelpists aren't too clever, are they?
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?
Anchorage Pride 2003: Look how far we’ve come
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.
Posted in LGBTQ history
Tagged Fred Phelps, Gay Community News, lgbtq, PrideFest, Westboro Baptist Church
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Fred Phelps coming to Anchorage
The “godhatesfags.com” followers of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps announce plans to picket in Anchorage during PrideFest 2003.
Posted in LGBTQ history
Tagged Fred Phelps, lgbtq, PrideFest, Westboro Baptist Church
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