Remember Fred Phelps, the homophobic Baptist minister/propogandist who picketed Heath Ledgers funeral because of his role in Brokeback Mountain? This afternoon Phelps' daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper, her Westboro Baptist Church cronies and their pickets plan to make an appearance at Shawnee Mission East high school (which is not too far from Scanner HQ).
Why?
Because last year the school elected an openly-gay homecoming king:
Shirley and the fam are scheduled to protest Shawnee Mission East Thursday from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. because of this story, "The Shawnee Mission East class of '08 loves its gay homecoming king," written last May by former Pitch staffer Jen Chen.
Students are planning a peaceful counter-protest, Jake Davidson told me this afternoon.
Davidson,
a SME junior, said students are making signs and T-shirts with slogans
such as "God loves everyone" and "Everyone is equal."
[Plog: Phelps family to protest Shawnee Mission East over gay homecoming king]
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