SPECIAL NOTE:
The protest (in bold below) against the WBC at San Diego City High School (1405 Park Blvd) directly precedes the SDCPCJ "NO WAR in AFGHANISTAN" protest -- also downtown at the Federal Building from 4-6pm.
Founded in 1955 by controversial pastor Fred Phelps, members of the congregation commonly protest against homosexuality and often picket funerals of soldiers and those who have died of AIDS. The church's most high-profile protest came at the 1998 funeral of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was killed because he was gay. Congregants gathered outside the church held up signs saying "No Fags in Heaven" and "God Hates Fags."
Among the list of protest sites is San Diego High School.
"WBC will be around and about because the local High School thinks it is soooo cool to be fags," reports the WBC website. "And [they] no doubt just love Matthew Sheperd." The church's "Quit Telling Kids it's OK to be Fags" demonstration will take place from 3:20 - 3:50 P.M.
The WBC will also be staging protests at San Diego Jewish Publications, United Jewish Federation of San Diego City, Jewish Family Services, Chabad at La Costa, and the Congregation For Hadas. While WBC members have protested at Jewish institutions over the years, such institutions were not a major focus for the group until April 2009. Since then, WBC has targeted dozens of Jewish institutions around the country, from Israeli consulates to synagogues to Jewish community centers.
Those wishing to participate in the response rallies should register at http://nohate.sdgln.com.
A representative from SDGLN will be contacting each registered individual with further instructions.
For more information on how to get involved email ben@sdgln.com
This is the schedule of places and times WBC will be protesting:
10/16/2009 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM San Diego, CA
San Diego Jewish Publications - 5665 Oberlin Drive
10/16/2009 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM San Diego, CA
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego - 4950 Murphy Canyon Road
10/16/2009 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM San Diego, CA
United Jewish Federation of San Diego - 4950 Murphy Canyon Road
10/16/2009 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM San Diego, CA
San Diego High School - 1405 Park Blvd
10/16/2009 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM San Diego, CA
Jewish Family Services - Turk Family Center - 8804 Balboa Ave
10/16/2009 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Carlsbad, CA
Chabad at La Costa - 1980 La Costa Avenue
10/16/2009 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM San Diego, CA
Congregation Dor Hadash - 4858 Ronson Court
The timing at San Diego High School is when the kids are getting out of school.
Their intent for the last 2 locations is to disrupt Friday Night Sabbath Services.
Let's try to go to as many of these locations as possible for PEACEFUL, POSITIVE, PROTESTs.
1 comment:
This turned out to be a successful event. Thank you all for your support. Maybe those dumb hicks will realize not to come to a city with such a united gay community!
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