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Community members who turned out in support of Roosevelt school included local clergy, Fresno Teachers Association leaders, and the two candidates running for the Roosevelt region trustee seat on the Fresno Unified School Board.

When they returned to the median they got a warning to keep moving to the corner from the Fresno Police Department, whose officers on motorcycles and squad cars were keeping a close on the proceedings. Now he's working to save the reviled anti-gay group — and himself.

How long have you lived in this country? (KSEE/KGPE) – Members with the Westboro Baptist Church are planning to speak outside of two Fresno County high schools next week. Counter-protesters clustered around the handful of Westboro Baptist Church members who brought their anti-gay and anti-abortion messages to Roosevelt High School on Monday.

They were met by hundreds of LGBTQ supporters, many carrying rainbow umbrellas that they used to block views of the Westboro signs. They included the Rev. Suzy Ward of St. And I want to show our student body that they are supported, whoever they choose to be or whoever they are.

The southeast corner of Cedar and Tulare avenues next to Roosevelt High School had been filled with hundreds of rainbow-clad LGBTQ supporters Monday afternoon when a miniscule group of protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas showed up bearing anti-gay and anti-abortion signs.

She previously worked as an assistant metro editor for 13 years at The Fresno Bee. The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in by pastor Fred Phelps. Cruz said she suspected they might have come to Fresno because the Central Valley is a more conservative part of California.

Have you been here long? Aquino, who is openly gay, said he was gratified by the large number of supporters who gathered at the street corner next to the high school.

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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. The group is known for its anti-gay bel. As you can see, we are a strong community. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Most Are Not Even Close. They are part of this community and they are loved.

October 28, Play Video. We talked to one of Fred Phelps's granddaughters about why she quit the gay-hating Kansas church to join the rainbow-painted "Planting Peace" community that sits directly opposite WBC headquarters. Up until that moment the busy southeast Fresno intersection looked more like a street party with music and balloons.

A handful of Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protesters were met at Roosevelt High in Fresno by a large crowd of LGBTQ supporters. By Nancy Price, Multimedia Journalist. It is widely considered a hate group and a cult, [nb 1] and is known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags " and "Thank God for dead.

Multimedia Journalist. The Westboro protesters never did cross over to the southeast corner where the biggest crowd of LGBTQ supporters awaited them. Zach Phelps-Roper is the latest in a long line of defectors from Westboro Baptist Church. Nancy Price is a multimedia journalist for GV Wire.

Community advocate Jennifer Cruz said it was one of the biggest turnouts of the gay community and their supporters in Fresno in recent memory. Nancy Price. Published 12 months ago on. Protecting Jewish Students or Chilling Speech?