Upon learning that members of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest at the school, students acted quickly — and on their own — to mount a counterprotest showing their disdain for the church’s anti-gay message.
The students, along with like-minded parents and other adults, gathered at 75th Street and Mission Road, swelling onto three corners of the Prairie Village intersection. The Phelps group was confined to the fourth corner.
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Several students were taking donations for AIDS research with a goal of raising $250 for every minute the Phelps group stood across the street.
“We’re going over that goal now,” said Alexxus Abreu, a 17-year-old senior wearing a T-shirt that read “God loves me” and carrying a bucket of donations.
It's great to see kids, on their own initiative, take a stand against intolerance, and raising funds for a good cause, too. My hat’s off to them.
