can you spare a dime?
from a local email list:
Dear Community,
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) was just notified that Fred Phelps,
Minister of the Westboro Baptist Church and owner of the
GodHatesFags.com website, will be protesting on Friday, May 9th at
12noon against a student organization that allegedly promotes the
sodomite agenda. Though EMU supports Free Speech and various forms of
opinions, this protest goes against EMU's values and creed. Therefore
EMU would like to use this event to show our solidarity against hate,
exclusion and bigotry. Kate Brindle, Program Coordinator of the
LGBTRC, and Dan Burns, Chair of the LGBTRC Advisory Committee, will
each pledge $2.00 for every minute Members of the Westboro Baptist
Church are protesting on EMU's campus to raise money for the LGBT
Emergency Fund which provides financial assistance for EMU students
who encounter immediate financial hardship do to issues surrounding
sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. In promoting
inclusion and acceptance, Kate and Dan invite you to consider donating
using the Pledge Form.
(http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6iEihoV53KGmpS1zcgh7Zg).
If you would like to join us on EMU's campus, please do not engage in
violent ways or angry reactions. Be mindful he engages in spiritual
abuse against LGBT people and their allies. After their protest we
encourage our community to assist us in washing the area of hate,
bigotry, and exclusion with soapy water, mops, and brooms.
Peace,
Dan Burns and Kate Brindle