-Topeka
The Westboro Baptist church is getting some colorful new neighbors that could clash with its beliefs.
Members of the Florida-based nonprofit planting peace unveiled a project months in the making: equality house, an activism center located directly across from the Westboro Baptist Church outside Topeka, Kansas.
Project peace director of operations Davis Hammet said the idea for the project originated months ago, after planting peace members heard about the protest of Josef miles—a 10-year-old boy who took it upon himself to hold a sign in front of Westboro that read “God Hates No One.”
Hammet said during that time, he only had a few run-ins with Westboro Members. He said his group hopes to use the publicity from equality house to help launch an anti-bullying campaign among other initiatives.
March 22, 2013 8:26am
