Do your Sunday morning brunch plans include a protest?

Here’s a mail from organizer Ben Crowther about an opportunity to add your voice to a Sunday morning “celebration/protest” in the neighborhood:

tomorrow, june 14th, there’s a celebration/protest in response to the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas coming to town. We’ll be counter protesting them near Mt. Zion Baptist Church, then march to meet them at their next location, St. James Cathedral. There will be free food and drinks, performers/speakers and entertainers! It’d be awesome if you could add it to your calendar/blog!

Thanks!

Ben

Seattleoutprotest.org

More about the event from the site:

Join us Sunday June 14th, 2009 for a community celebration.

The Westboro Baptist Church is coming to Seattle with intended efforts of protesting our community’s schools, places of worship and spreading lies about our communities. As a way of counter protesting, we will show Fred Phelps he does NOT disempower our communites. He unites us as we support each other. We wont allow ourselves to stoop down to their level by shouting hateful messages. We shall use this as an opportunity to unite our communities and empower ourselves. Celebrate our victories, how far we’ve come and unity. We by no means will tolearte or try to befriend the WBC. Still, we can be heard and create a much bigger impact. This is a demonstration/celebration. PLEASE allow us to keep it this way.

No Fighting

No Profanity

No Hate

No Hateful signs

No Spiting

No Violence

No Alcohol/Drugs

Lets show WBC their efforts of bringing us down will NOT be effective.

Meet at Mt. Zion at 10am THEN march starts at 10:45 as we travel down to St. James and try and arrive as close to 11 as possible.

Mt. Zion St. James

Baptist Church Catholic Cathedral

10am-10:45 am 11am-Noon

1634 19th Ave. 809 9th Ave.

(19th and Madison) (9th and Columbia)