Another Westboro Baptist Protest Met With Peaceful Counter-Protest
By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Aug 3, 2009 8:40PM
The last time we checked in with those crazy kids at Westboro Baptist Church, they were losing the battle to the awesome counter-protest held at the University of Chicago. Today, the church made a return trip with a busy itinerary that included a stop over at the Don Rickles show and several synagogues, including Emanuel Congregation and Or Chadash in Edgewater. The Edgewater Community Religious Association decided to hold their own peaceful counter-protest. What today's counter-protest at Emanuel lacked in nerd humor it made up for with sincerity and good will. Local social media guru Leah Jones, who happens to be a member at Emmanuel, was there for the protest/counter-protest, taking pictures and wrote up her experience.