It's one stop on their unending tour of performances of The Laramie Project, Matthew Shephard memorials, and soldiers' funerals, where they proudly arrive with their "God Hates Fags" signs. The Hastings High School performance of The Laramie Project, a play about the reaction to the homophobic murder of student Matthew Shephard in Laramie, Wyoming, brings attention to hate crimes and the lack of hate crimes legislation that is often a lack of protection of the rights of minorities. This sobering, liberal play sold out; it was a first for the mildly conservative large town of Hastings, which rarely sees a public rally such as that which turned out to support the issue at the high school & counter the Westboro Baptist Church protest.
Organized through Facebook, the high school gay/straight alliance, and public concern, a rally of support for GLBT rights and hate crimes legislation lined the sidewalks outside Hastings High School.
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Seeing this large and loud peaceful gathering for Love, Not Hate, the WBC protesters cancelled their picket & are now taking their message of religious hate elsewhere.
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