"I'm Rubber, You're Glue. . ."
Chris Mason has an advanced understanding of irony. There's something karmically balanced about raising money to benefit LGBT programs by soliciting pledges for every minute Fred Phelps and the Westboto Baptist Church(tm) maintain a "God Hates Fags" protest at some location or other.
In the next week, no fewer than three such events will take place within 50 miles of my home, followed by a late-April protest at Montgomery County's own Walt Whitman High School. I'm a little surprised -- I didn't think these people (and I use the term loosely) made it this far into the solidly Democratic zone of Montgomery County. Mason's plan, originated in the Boston area and now syndicated nation-wide, is to transform Westboro Baptist's hate-mongering into material benefits for LGBT organizations by holding a Phelps-A-Thon pledge drive every time the church (and I use the term loosely) stages a picket.
If this guy actually raises substantial money to benefit the picketed schools' Gay-Straight Alliances and local LGBT commmunity centers, I'd happily stand in front of the picket and ask Mr. Phelps to stay just a little bit longer.
In the next week, no fewer than three such events will take place within 50 miles of my home, followed by a late-April protest at Montgomery County's own Walt Whitman High School. I'm a little surprised -- I didn't think these people (and I use the term loosely) made it this far into the solidly Democratic zone of Montgomery County. Mason's plan, originated in the Boston area and now syndicated nation-wide, is to transform Westboro Baptist's hate-mongering into material benefits for LGBT organizations by holding a Phelps-A-Thon pledge drive every time the church (and I use the term loosely) stages a picket.
If this guy actually raises substantial money to benefit the picketed schools' Gay-Straight Alliances and local LGBT commmunity centers, I'd happily stand in front of the picket and ask Mr. Phelps to stay just a little bit longer.