Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:57:01 -0400 (EDT) From: A Jay Eddy Subject: WBC Sardonic Baptist Sect to Picket FL Church Informational Release September 1, 1998 Broward Log Cabin Club Florida P.O. Box 1281, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302 (954) LCR-1995 TOPEKA BAPTIST CULT TO PICKET FLORIDA CHURCH August 30, 1998, Topeka, Kansas. The Sardonic Westboro-Baptist- Church (WBC), which Biblically alleges that, "God Hates Fags," plans to bring its brimstone and fire crusade to Ft. Lauderdale during its September visit to South Florida. According to a release on its w.w.w.godhatesfags web site, this anti-gay fundamentalist sect of Baptists plan to picket the Second Presbyterian Church of Ft. Lauderdale and other church goers at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. The Westboro Baptist (WBC) sect, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, is akin to those who likewise picketed and attempted a break-in, "in the name of God," at the August 15th Log Cabin National Convention in Dallas, Texas. The WBC Sardonic Baptists and militant-zealot supporters have "conducted 15,000+ such Gospel pickets, from San Francisco to Baghdad, a holy crusade." Gays United Against Repression and Discrimination (GUARD) has alerted the authorities about the pending visit so that proper precautions can be taken in an effort to avoid improper public behavior at any religious sanctuary. A Jay Eddy ajayeddy@bc.seflin.org