I'll first quote from the email I received via the Quaker Meeting:
'The principal of New Brunswick High School and district superintendent Richard Kaplan did not immediately return calls for comment Wednesday. In a message accompanying the listing for the protest at the high school, Westboro's Web site quotes scripture and a long UrbanDictionary.com definition of New Jersey - 'I curse ... a lot. I say "yo", and I say it often. I never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.' The site then adds: 'Praise God for bringing this little church along so we can shine a bright spotlight on the filth that IS New Jersey! AMEN!'
For the Hillel protest, the site explains: 'WBC needs to have a few words with these young people because all of the people who ever had any influence over them - LIED!'"
From what I can personally put together by looking at their Wikipedia article (which I, at least, find surprisingly unbiased), they picket high schools in an attempt to discourage students from their deviant ways, and to protest their parents' raising of said students.
Annie of course, provided the best advice: don't give them any attention at all. No counter-protest, no telling people they'll be there.
'The principal of New Brunswick High School and district superintendent Richard Kaplan did not immediately return calls for comment Wednesday. In a message accompanying the listing for the protest at the high school, Westboro's Web site quotes scripture and a long UrbanDictionary.com definition of New Jersey - 'I curse ... a lot. I say "yo", and I say it often. I never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.' The site then adds: 'Praise God for bringing this little church along so we can shine a bright spotlight on the filth that IS New Jersey! AMEN!'
For the Hillel protest, the site explains: 'WBC needs to have a few words with these young people because all of the people who ever had any influence over them - LIED!'"
From what I can personally put together by looking at their Wikipedia article (which I, at least, find surprisingly unbiased), they picket high schools in an attempt to discourage students from their deviant ways, and to protest their parents' raising of said students.
Annie of course, provided the best advice: don't give them any attention at all. No counter-protest, no telling people they'll be there.
I can't do the last now, but I can do the first.
Reply
Leave a comment