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Waving rainbow banners, American flags, and signs that displayed messages such as “God Strongly Dislikes Hate” and “We’re Staying Gay, Sorry,” approximately 400 counter-protestors waited for the arrival of the Westboro Baptist Church at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School last Friday morning...
...including a 15-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy—finally appeared, entering the area the Cambridge Police had designated for their protest. From the other side, separated by two fences and a neutral zone, the counter-protestors began chanting loudly, drowning out the church group’s words and songs...
...Last month, the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, whose nationwide picketing activities against homosexuality have earned them a “hate group” designation, announced their plans to protest the high school’s gay-straight alliance, Project10East. Since then, the school had worked with the mayor’s office and the police department to determine an appropriate response...
This morning, hate comes to Cambridge. According to their offensively titled website, the Westboro Baptist Church will be protesting Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s acceptance of homosexuality before moving on to the air force base and high school in Lexington, Mass., and capping off their packed day with a protest in Reading, Mass. The daylong protest spree is inspired by Reading Memorial High School’s staging of the Laramie Project, a play depicting the horrors of hate crimes against homosexuals. The Westboro Baptist Church is a Topeka, Kansas, based group that loosely uses religious principles...
...newly established Center for Biopreparedness, which is charged with delivering antidotes to children in case of biochemical terrorism. Shannon’s interest in children’s health carried through to his life outside the hospital, leading him to form a youth group at his church to address teen issues such as sex, drugs, and alcohol. “His quiet, gentlemanly ways will be greatly missed,” Children’s Chief Executive James Mandell wrote in a message to staff Tuesday afternoon. Shannon is survived by his wife, Elaine, and two children, Evan and Lila?...